Audit finds late post-election reviews, SEEC says it will clear backlog by May

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Auditors of Public Accounts found 92% of selected 2022 post-election audits were incomplete when reviewed, noting delays of 132to454 days and eight recommendations; SEEC Executive Director Ryan Burns said 34 audits remain and the agency plans to resolve them by May and publish updated treasurer guidance.

The Government Oversight Committee on Monday heard auditors of public accounts describe compliance findings from their audit of the State Elections Enforcement Commission covering fiscal years 2022 and 2023, including a major timeliness problem in post-election reviews.

"Our goal is to make government better," Lisa Daley, deputy state auditor, told the committee as she summarized the audit, which included eight recommendations and covered payroll, purchasing, information technology, post-election audits, complaint investigations and Citizens' Election Program grants. "This audit report included 8 recommendations of which 4 were repeated from the previous audit." (Lisa Daley, deputy state auditor)

The audit flagged a particular concern with post-election reviews: Jennifer Corbin, the associate auditor who led the review, told members that at the time of field work 92% of the selected 2022 post-election audits had not been completed, which prevented auditors from reviewing those audit reports. Maura Pardo, an administrative auditor, said the reports they were able to review were late by between 132 and…

Audit finds late post-election reviews, SEEC says it will clear backlog by May

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