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County clerk raises concerns about internal elections audit; commissioners ask staff to schedule work session on audit oversight

Deschutes County Board of Commissioners · October 30, 2025
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County Clerk Steve Dennison put the county’s response to an internal elections audit on the record and said portions of the report contained inaccuracies; commissioners discussed potential clarifications to county audit code and agreed to schedule a work session to explore changes to oversight of the performance auditor.

County Clerk Steve Dennison used the public comment period to place the county clerk’s formal response to an internal elections audit on the record and to criticize aspects of the audit process.

Dennison said the audit report contained inaccuracies and that he had submitted a written response for the record. He told the board he believed some phrasing in the final report had not been corrected by the auditor’s office and that unedited statements could damage public…

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