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Audit committee flags Election Commission overages, asks Budget Committee to review early‑voting days and poll‑worker costs
Summary
The audit committee reviewed Election Commission spending that exceeded the 2025 budget, questioned a roughly $332,000 year‑to‑date expenditure and a $32% increase in election‑worker costs, and voted to request that the Budget Committee work with the election administrator to explain overages and the calculation of early‑voting days.
Sumner County's audit committee discussed Election Commission spending that exceeded its FY2025 budget and voted to ask the county Budget Committee to work with the election administrator to explain overages and the number of early‑voting days the administrator uses.
Committee members reviewed benchmarking data comparing Sumner to nearby counties, payroll and poll‑worker lines, and turnout measures. The Election Commission originally requested $277,219 for election worker costs; the Budget Committee funded…
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