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Residents urge Pennington County to switch to precinct hand‑counting of ballots; commissioners schedule discussion
Summary
Several residents urged commissioners to remove electronic tabulators and return to precinct hand-counting of ballots, citing security concerns; commissioners agreed to place the topic on a future agenda and to invite county auditor staff for a demonstration and discussion on Aug. 19.
Multiple residents used the public-comment portion of Tuesday’s Pennington County commission meeting to urge commissioners and the county auditor to end the use of electronic tabulators and to return to hand-counting ballots in precincts. Speakers referenced federal and state hand-count statutes,…
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