Large group becomes adversarial to county commissioners on issue never in question

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By Dave Baumeister

County correspondent

SIOUX FALLS – A simple briefing on a 100% post-election hand-count audit by Minnehaha County Auditor Leah Anderson didn’t need to be so adversarial, according to the county commissioners present.

At the end of the previous commission meeting on Tuesday, June 11, Commissioner Gerald Beninga wanted to hear more about plans for this audit that Anderson had talked about during the primary election the day before.

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