Scott County details post-election errors and missing absentee envelopes; investigation opened
County elections staff told the board that programming and process issues led to partial results appearing on election night and that a post-election review found 20 accepted absentee ballots in Shakopee with no corresponding secrecy envelopes; the county opened an investigation and rescanned ballots to reconcile totals.
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Scott County elections staff told the Board of Commissioners on March 18 that a chain of technical and human errors during the Nov. 5, 2024 election produced confusing public results and a separate but related problem in Shakopee that left some accepted absentee ballots uncounted in the initial tabulation.
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