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October 14, 2025 Public Accuracy Test #1
Minneapolis City CouncilWednesday, October 15, 2025
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[0:20] ≫ GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS KATIE SMITH AND I'M THE
[0:22] DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS AND VOTERSERVICES WITH THE CITY OF
[0:24] MINNEAPOLIS.THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY
[0:26] FOR THE PUBLIC
[0:29] ACCURACY TESTING FOR THE 2025 MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
[0:34] ELECTION DAY ITSELF IS GOING TOBE ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH.
[0:38] TODAY, WE'RE TESTING ALL OF THEEQUIPMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE
[0:40] USED TO TABULATE THOSE VOTES FROM THE ELECTION.
[0:44] THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE FOR ALL OF OUR 137 PRECINCTS AS
[0:48] WELL AS OUR HIGH SPEED TABULATORS THAT
[0:50] TABULATE OUR ABSENTEE VOTES.WE'RE DOING A SMALL SUBSECTION
[0:53] OF THAT TODAY FOR PUBLIC VIEWING.
[0:57] SO BEHIND ME, THERE ARE TEAMS OF TWO ELECTION JUDGES
[1:00] AND RANDOMLY SELECTED PRECINCTSWHERE WE'LL BE
[1:03] RUNNING SELECT TEST BALLOTS TO SHOW THAT OUR TABULATION
[1:06] EQUIPMENT TABULATES ACCURATELY.
[1:09] WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH
[1:11] THE TESTING.
[66:18] ≫ THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY FOR THE PUBLIC ACCURACY
[66:20] TESTING FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS FOR OUR 2025
[66:22] MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
[66:24] THIS CONCLUDES THE FIRST HALF OF OUR PUBLIC ACCURACY TESTING
[66:26] OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BE USED ON ELECTION DAY FOR
[66:28] TABULATION OUT AT THE POLLING PLACES.
[66:31] I WANT TO EXPRESS MY THANKS ANDGRATITUDE TO THE ELECTION
[66:33] JUDGES WHO HAVE HELPED US TODAYWITH TESTING.
[66:37] AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE VIEWING ONLINE
[66:39] TO GO AHEAD AND SWITCH OVER NOW