Follow-up – Local Election Integrity
Back in 2020, a local citizen group filed a petition for the Election Board to retain voting records. The Election Board (consisting of two local Republicans and one representative from the Democrat party), took legal action (cost around 8k) to deny the request. The motion was dismissed by Judge Wertz on technicalities and the petition was withdrawn – no appeal was filed. 2020 County Election Data, Legal Action – For the Record
The local election board decided to file a petition (cost?) to recover legal costs and fees. This was denied by Judge Wertz.
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- June 8, 2023. Order Denying Motions to Assess Costs
Paper Ballots – Checks and Balances
Brown County uses paper ballots but machines are used to tabulate the votes. A check and balance on the system is to conduct a manual count using a statistically valid sample of ballots to confirm the totals derived from election machine tabulators.
Brown County’s voting voting processes were reviewed by the state with no adverse findings. It took me several weeks (instead of five minutes) and help from the state public access counselor to obtain these reports from the local election board. No explanation as to why this information could not be immediately provided.
Independent Voters of Brown County IN 