A Minnehaha County commissioner calls for the county auditor to resign after she repeatedly questioned results from the 2020 election.
Minnehaha County Auditor Leah Anderson previously brought to light what she said was a discrepancy in the total number of valid ballots cast in a general election that took place in 2020.
In June, Anderson said over 24,000 ballots that were cast were not accounted for in county audit logs.
Now, at the latest county commission meeting, Anderson said the ballot numbers make more sense but are still off.
“The reconciliation still does not technically explain why we have the difference with the audit logs and the cast vote records but that’s not something that I can resolve on my own because we do not have all of those records available to make that determination. So most likely a tabulator was not properly recording the audit log electronically, or, it wasn’t backed up properly," said Anderson.
In the past, commissioners have clashed with Anderson on her interpretation of election issues and most recently- a draft to change Minnehaha’s governance style.
Anderson’s update spurred pushback from some commission members. Namely, commissioner Joe Kippley. He said Anderson’s credibility is ruined after what he said was wrongful pre-determination of the ballot issue.
“Minnehaha County Auditor doesn’t rule out CIA involvement in election irregulates. And really what we have there is useful idiocy for election conspiracy grifters. So that’s just my assessment of it, and this election coming up is very important and we need an auditor with credibility and at this point, you are the auditor who cried wolf. You have no credibility and I as one commissioner would ask you to resign,” said Kippley.
Anderson said she does not plan to resign.
Several of Anderson’s supporters spoke on her behalf at the meeting.
