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Residents press Washington County commissioners for answers on September ballot returns and voter rolls
Summary
Multiple residents addressed the board Feb. 25 with data and allegations about ballots received in late September 2024, asking for an outside audit, clearer chain-of-custody procedures and a work session; county staff said written responses are being prepared for distribution.
Several residents urged the Washington County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 25 to investigate and publicly explain a cluster of ballots that speakers said arrived at the county elections office on Sept. 23, 2024.
Speakers including Mary Helkiopoulos, Jackie Poppin and former Commissioner Bob Terry attributed numbers to their review of county records and asked the board to commission an outside audit and to hold a work session. Their testimony cited specific counts of ballots received and accepted during a short period in late September and early October 2024 and alleged that a subset came from inactive or unregistered voter records.
"From Sept. 23 through Oct. 4, prior to out-of-state ballots being sent out, 6,114 ballots were received into the elections office, and of those 6,014 were accepted," Mary Helkiopoulos told the board, attributing those figures to her review. She said her group had identified…
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