CEIMN Reports

Central to CEIMN’s mission and goals is reporting on direct observations, including

·         Minnesota’s 2006, 2008, and 2010 post- election audits and

·         Minnesota’s 2008 U.S. Senate Recount and Minnesota’s 2010 Gubernatorial  Recount.

CEIMN has also reviewed reports by other organizations to determine their accuracy. Below you will find seven CEIMN reports.

What is a post-election audit?

If you have not heard of a post-election audit, a very basic explanation of a post-election audit in Minnesota is that after Election Day vote-tabulating machines (the machine you see in a precinct on Election Day) are randomly selected and the ballots that were fed into that machine are hand-counted by election judges from two different parties. This is a method of determing if the machines are accurately counting the ballots. You can learn more if you read some of our reports or if you follow this link.