Public Observation of Election Verification

The League of Women Voters of Minnesota is proud to take on the scope of work previously led by the Citizens for Election Integrity Minnesota, to observe and report on our Post Election Review audits and election certification process. Citizens for Election Integrity Minnesota (CEIMN) was a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that advocated for verifiable, transparent, and accurate elections in Minnesota and across the country. CEIMN was formed shortly after the 2004 election after learning of reports in Ohio of electronic voting problems, the disenfranchisement of minority voters, discarded ballots, and other voting irregularities. CEIMN shut down their organization in December 2024 after 20 years of service.

Some highlights of their work:

• Organized ten statewide nonpartisan observations of post-election audits and recounts in Minnesota

• Created the state audit laws searchable database

• Created the state recount laws searchable database Note, both databases are now housed at Verified Voting

• Worked with election officials and the state legislature to improve Minnesota's audit and recount laws

• Co-authored several papers including: Audit Principles and Best Practices, Recount Principles and Best Practices and Coordinating Audits and Recounts to Strengthen Election Verification.

• Hosted and helped organize the first national Audit Summit (2007).

LWVMN has partnered with CEIMN in the past, and is humbled to now lead and build on their two decades of volunteerism and nonpartisan support for election integrity in Minnesota.

Overview of the Post-Election Review and Recount Work Starting in 2004

• Minnesota’s 2022 Post Election Review - Final Report (2023)

• Coordinating Audits and Recounts to Strengthen Election Verification (2022)

• Minnesota’s 2014 Post-Election Audit (2016)

• Recount Principles and Best Practices (2014)

• Minnesota’s 2012 Post-Election Audit (2013)

• Minnesota’s 2010 Gubernatorial Recount (2011)

• Minnesota’s 2010 Post-Election Audit

• Facts About Ineligible Voting and Voter Fraud in Minnesota (2010)

• Minnesota’s Elections — Transparent, Verifiable, and Accurate (2010)

• Eyes on the Vote Count: Non-partisan Observer Reports of Minnesota’s Post-Election Audit and Recount (2009)

• Minnesota’s 2006 Post-Election Audit (2007)

Updated 2024-12-30