From my mailbox, apparently the Pennington County commission is telling the Pennington County GOP they can hand count if they want. But they have to meet a few conditions first:
Someone explain to me how bringing in an additional 230 people (46 precincts times 5 people) versus one centrally located machine is a “great savings for the county?”
I’m sure this will go well.
Math wasn’t my strong suit either. Painful sometimes.
The election is 2 weeks away Pennington county has already spent the money on programming. This is going to just be more expense for a county who’s commission loves talking about being efficient and saving money
Hand counting is not saving money at this point. You are right programming and everything is already paid for. Even the largest county is tabulating the runoff. Pennington please don’t try to fix what is not broken.
Actually more than 230. 5 per precinct, PLUS alternates.
This has got to be the biggest joke I have ever seen! Where are all the smart Republicans that know this does not pass the common sense test? Please show up at the July 21. Meeting to speak. Let’s not just give the squeaky voice the Microphone. If they need 230 people at $25 hour that’s $5,750. It takes less people to tabulate at the central location.
Wait until Mulally gets in that auditors office. Everyone’s gonna be fighting over the tinfoil hats. It’s gonna be such a mess the next 4 years. I hope Sabrina Green runs again in 4 years. The county is gonna be screaming for her to come back.
This is going to be a massive cluster !*%#. Imagine if you will, the grandma’s at the polling places hand counting each ballot. Now granted, its just one item to count, but there is no way this makes getting results faster. I wish the “election integrity” doorknobs would just put the crack pipe down for one election cycle and see that South Dakota’s system works pretty darn well. I guess one can dream.
It’s a fool’s errand. The county commission is making a point.
Wait until Mulally takes over. This office is going to turn into a real clown show. Get these wingnuts out of office next election. We need people who actually have common sense instead of a bunch of conspiracy nut cases.