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Minnehaha County resident urges hand counting of ballots during public comment

Minnehaha County Commission · August 26, 2025
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Summary

At public comment, Minnehaha County resident Jean Chiles urged the commission to adopt hand counting for elections, saying hand counting is "easy, inexpensive, auditable, transparent, verifiable, public, secure" and listing multiple objections to electronic tabulators; no response was recorded in the meeting transcript.

During the public comment period of the Minnehaha County Commission meeting, Jean Chiles of Minnehaha County urged commissioners to use hand counting for elections and listed multiple concerns she associated with electronic tabulators.

Chiles told the commissio…

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