Stearns County Commissioners Unsure About Importance of Cast Vote Records

Stearns County Commissioners Unsure About Importance of Cast Vote Records
The DS200 tabulator is the most-used electronic voting machine in Minnesota

On September 25, 2023, Stearns County Commissioners Jeff Bertram and Steve Notch went on the KASM radio network. When the topic turned to cast vote records, a critical election record that has been repeatedly asked for since 2022, they admitted they did not know very much.

One commissioner said, regarding cast vote records: I'll be the first one to admit, again, nine months in, that's way beyond me.

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KASM Readio, Commissioners on cast vote records (CVR) at 32m44s
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Commissioner Joe Perske, the Chair, has previously referred to those asking questions about the election process as pseudo patriots.