Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer talks with Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer about dealing with absentee ballots and polling places being swamped by a higher than expected turnout.
This has been a challenging election for those in charge of recording and counting the votes. The last-minute change in the Senate race after the death of U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone meant supplemental ballots had to be created and counted by hand.
Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
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