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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- Minnehaha County Auditor Leah Anderson briefed county commissioners today on the post-election audit she conducted after the June primary election. Anderson opted to hand-count all of the ballots for the audit. The audit showed the machines and hand count to be off by one to three votes in some races, but not enough to change any outcomes.
South Dakota law says there has to be a hand count audit of 5% of precincts after an election. Minnehaha County Auditor Leah Anderson decided to hand count 100% of the votes cast in the June primary. Today, Anderson went before the county Commission to brief commissioners on the audit.
Auditing is important it holds people accountable and it verifies that you can trust a system. It's not something you can do once and say we are done with it. It has to be done on a regular basis.
Commissioners voiced their support for the state-mandated audits but expressed concerns about the cost and time involved in hand counting instead of using tabulators, especially in large elections. The commission meeting room was filled with many who believed vote tabulating machines co...
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