Commissioners will review 2020 election
The county commissioners announced at their Wednesday meeting that certain aspects of the 2020 general election will be reviewed after the first of the year.
Leslie Osche, commissioners chairwoman, said she has concerns about the election results.
“It is my belief that the final numbers may be wrong,” she said.
She added that she does not feel any discrepancies that may be found would affect the results of the election.
Osche said fluctuations in the voter roles and vote counts between election day and the day the election was certified, remaking of ballots that would not go through the scanners, voters who were listed as inactive because they had not voted in the last two presidential elections, military ballots that are allowed by state law to be counted for one week after election day, reconciling mail-in ballots, and other aspects of the election will be studied.
Commissioner Kevin Boozel said every election has fleeing voters—or voters who arrive at the precinct and get a ballot but do not vote—but the numbers were high in 2020.
He agreed that a review is a good idea to determine how the election proceeded.
“I do believe the election was certified and fair,” Boozel said.
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