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League of Women Voters tells Dakota County board post-election review found results verifiable and accurate
Summary
League of Women Voters volunteer observers reported Dakota County’s 2024 post election review was open, professional, and consistent with certification procedures; approximately 7,000 ballots were hand counted across five precincts in the county’s review.
Thana Ross, co-president of the League of Women Voters, Dakota County, presented the League of Minnesota's 2024 post election review and said observers found the county's processes transparent and well run. "I'm Thana Ross and I'm 1 of the co presidents of the League of Women Voters, Dakota County," Ross said as she outlined that statewide the League trained 160 volunteers to observe PERs and that Dakota County deployed eight trained volunteers to observe the local process.
Ross summarized the review: during the post election review, deputy election officials hand-count ballots from randomly selected precincts and compare those counts to machine-reported results; in Dakota County five precincts were randomly chosen and "nearly 7,000 Dakota County ballots" were hand counted multiple times to verify results. The League reported discrepancies (for example, write-in handling or ovals not filled) are investigated and resolved by deputy election judges before certification and that the county’s process built confidence rather than undermined it.
