Voters in three small 麻豆视频 Dakota counties on Tuesday rejected of ballots in future elections.
The votes in Gregory, Haakon and Tripp counties were an unusual step even as in the U.S. have considered moving to hand-counting former President Donald of 2020 election fraud.
The measures sought to prohibit the use of tabulating machines and would require hand-counting, which local election officials said would cost more money and require more election workers, who might be difficult to find. counting ballots by hand isn't as accurate as machines tabulating the votes.
The measures might not be the only ones put to a vote in 麻豆视频 Dakota. Citizens in dozens of other counties are circulating petitions for hand-counting measures, according to Jessica Pollema, president of SD Canvassing, a group which supports the efforts. Other hand-count initiatives could 鈥減ossibly鈥� appear on November ballots, she said. Pollema did not immediately respond to a phone message or email for comment on the election results.
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Turnout in Tripp County was 37%, which is typical for a primary election, she said. The three rural counties have a combined 7,744 active registered voters, according to an
麻豆视频 Dakota's primary election will be the first to undergo a post-election audit, a new process from a 2023 law that requires all counties to hand-count the results from two races in 5% of precincts to compare with the official results. But Tripp County will hand-count the whole election for its audit, per the county commission, DeSersa said. In 2022, Tripp hand-counted its general election ballots.
Fall River County hand-counted its primary election ballots, after the county commission voted earlier this year to do so. County Auditor Sue Ganje said it took about 40 election workers over six hours to hand-count 1,913 ballots.
Jack Dura, The Associated Press
