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Commission approves election pay and polling-location resolutions as public comment raises ballot-handling concerns
Summary
Commissioners approved resolutions setting 2025 election worker pay and polling locations; during public comment residents raised concerns about absentee-ballot processing and alleged thumb-drive handling that one speaker said she documented in a sworn affidavit.
The Minnehaha County Commission approved two routine election-administration resolutions — one establishing 2025 election worker pay, facility rent and mileage reimbursement, and another establishing 2025 precincts and polling locations — while public comment included both support for election workers and concerns about ballot-handling procedures.
Leah Anderson of the auditor’s office presented the two resolutions. Anderson said the county has no scheduled county elections for 2025 but is working with the Sioux Falls School District on a potential election. The auditor proposed small increases to pay: the accounting center/absentee board rate from $16 to $17…
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