Testimony: Matthew Monfore Fall River Couny Hand Count Passes Primary 2024

Testimony: Matthew Monfore Fall River Couny Hand Count Passes Primary 2024

RNC 2023 Resolution
Important ammunition for Hand Count Debate
IMPORTANT, the NATIONAL RNC PASSED A RESOLUTION in the Summer of 2023 TO SUPPORT
1. HAND COUNTING
2. MOVE FROM MACHINES
3. Counting at precint level (not centralized “center”

direct quotes:
“RESOLVED, The Republican National Committee supports the rights of counties and states that are willing and able to competently and efficiently implement voting procedures that do not require the use of machines and those that implement hand counting procedures that are fully auditable;

RESOLVED, The Republican National Committee calls on state legislatures, county, and municipal governments to pass laws and municipal codes and rules that allow for full transparent hand-counting procedures that are planned, timely and fully observable by the public and the registered parties for geographically defined audits and recounts;

RESOLVED, The Republican National Committee calls on all Republican officeholders to defend the historic practice of geographically-defined and assigned precinct, ward and localized polling places for means of balloting and tabulating paper ballots by geographic unit;”
https://prod-static.gop.com/media/Resolution-Urging-a-Return-to-Excellence-in-American-Voting-and-Elections.pdf?_gl=1*txmlkv*_gcl_au*MTU0Njk4NTMyMS4xNzA3OTk2OTIw&_ga=2.157775870.515466915.1707996920-583697034.1707996920

***Important Testimony from SB 213 for Cast Vote Records. This a 2nd bill similar to SB 48, which was recommended by SOS Johnson for CVRs

1.Rick Weible Powerpoint, South Dakota tabulating machines are violating State and Federal Standardshttps://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/265456.pdf

2. SB 213 https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24693

3. SB 48, SOS recommended https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24975

Thursday February 15, 2023
Rebuttal to Sue Ganje
Matthew Monfore Report after speaking with Fred Weidner of Tripp County

Tripp County Hand Count
1. They had a host of people willing to count ballots
2. At one of the problem sites, there was
a. A lady with dementia tallying ballots
b. A man who just had a stroke tallying ballots
3. There were 75 ballots that were miscounted because Cleafield and Colome Precinct ballots got mixed up.
a. This error was made by the Auditor and staff
4. The Precinct numbers were too many for too few workers
a. We had teams of 4 able to count 250 ballots, for 11 races ,in 3 hr 15 mins.
b. Primary: Fall River County had about 1500 votes for US Senator in previous election
c. Primary: And about 2300 votes for SD Governor
d. Some precincts have around 100 ballots; larger one had around 700 ballots