The Leelanau County Board of Commissioners is looking to amend its rules of order and procedure to prevent audience members from donating public comment time to other speakers.
This proposal follows a recent bid by a dozen attendees to give their five minutes to one person for an “extended” public comment on alleged “security flaws in our county’s computer election system.”
At a Jan. 24 committee of the whole meeting, county residents successfully petitioned the board to allow them to “yield” their time to Jim Kobberstad of Lake Leelanau to discuss election concerns. These residents, who identify themselves as members of Leelanau County’s “patriot” group, feel that the electoral process is compromised because ballots are processed by machine instead of counted by hand.
