Albert Lea lawyer to argue election-related case at Court of Appeals

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : "Many Minnesota counties, including Rice County, then take the additional step of electronically transferring the early election data to the Secretary of State.
52% : "Benda argues that once counties transmit the early, unofficial election results to the Secretary of State, the results are then made available to the public and media outlets.
51% : Though the law provides for a limited use exception, that is only to transfer election data from individual precincts to the county election system.
50% : Sep. 15 -- An Albert Lea lawyer will argue before the Minnesota Court of Appeals next week in support of a Rice County lawsuit that questions the use of modems he says are used in transferring early election results from county officials to the Minnesota Secretary of State.
49% : He argued they also found that the modems inside the election equipment are not examined or certified by the Secretary of State.

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