Eastern Iowa auditor s election worker payments investigated
May 13, 2021
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand announced Thursday that his office has launched an investigation into an eastern county auditor’s payments made to election workers last year.
Sand will examine potential overpayments to election workers that were approved by former Scott County Auditor Roxanna Moritz, Sand s office said in a news release. Sand said the payments could amount to a misuse of Help America Vote Act funds made available through the Iowa Secretary of State Office, which is also helping with the investigation.
Scott County supervisors in December chided Moritz for increasing poll workers’ pay without county board approval from $10 to $12 an hour to $15 an hour for working the June primary during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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State Auditor investigating $15 hourly wage for Scott County election workers
State Auditor Rob Sand is investigation “potential overpayments” the Scott County Auditor approved for election workers.
Scott County Auditor Roxanna Moritz approved increasing pay for workers in the June, 2020 Primary Election to $15 an hour. State Auditor Rob Sand said in a written statement that “may be a misuse” of federal Help America Vote funds made available to Iowa counties by Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate’s office.
Moritz made the pay decision on her own, without approval from the Scott County Board of Supervisors. She retired as Scott County Auditor last month after 14 years as the county’s top election official. Moritz had previously served as a Davenport City Council member and on the Scott County Board of Supervisors.
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