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Public commenters press Washington County commissioners for election audit after spreadsheet and ballot-date concerns
Summary
Multiple residents urged the county to conduct a public, bipartisan audit of the November 2024 election, citing apparent anomalies in ballot receipt dates and voter-roll maintenance; speakers presented ballot mail/receipt timelines, alleged discrepancies and asked commissioners to use their oversight authority to investigate.
Multiple residents used public-comment periods at the Jan. 28 Washington County meeting to call for a public, bipartisan audit of the Nov. 5, 2024 election and to raise specific concerns about ballot processing and voter-roll maintenance.
Jackie Poppin and Jill Latray addressed the commissioners during the work session and public-comment periods with questions about the county elections office's handling and timing of post-election processes. Jill Latray thanked the board for submitting questions to the elections office and said county staff had provided answers attached to an earlier work-session agenda; she offered to meet with county elections staff to review concerns.
Mary Halkiopoulos presented a compiled timeline comparing the dates the county reported mailing ballots (September 20 for UOCAVA overseas…
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