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Elections Commission asks legislature for outside audit and urges reconsideration of all‑mail voting
Summary
After hours of testimony and debate, the state Elections Commission voted to ask the legislature for an outside audit of the 2024 election and to send a separate letter urging reconsideration of the all‑mail system and possible return to same‑day in‑person voting; commissioners also agreed the commission itself will issue the letters and will include the recorded vote counts.
The Elections Commission voted on Oct. 29 to ask the state Legislature for an outside audit of the 2024 elections and to send a separate commission letter urging lawmakers to consider reverting to same‑day, in‑person voting.
Chair Mike Curtis said he would prepare the correspondence and run the reversion letter by Commissioner Lindsay Kam before sending it; the commission agreed that the audit request should be a distinct, formal communication from the body rather than a memorandum sent by the Office of Elections. “We will refer to the commission meeting and the vote we took,” Curtis said when describing the reversion letter and the plan to include the vote tally.
Why it matters: Commissioners and numerous public speakers said the commission must address apparent discrepancies in county counts,…
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