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Investigators will review an hourly wage for election workers made by then-Scott County Auditor Roxanna Moritz without the approval by the board of supervisors.
By Jason Taylor
May 14, 2021
DES MOINES, Iowa - State Auditor Rob Sand is investigating “potential overpayments” to election workers in eastern Iowa.
Sand says former Scott County Auditor Roxanna Moritz may have misused federal money to boost worker pay during a primary election in 2020.
Moritz told the Quad-Cities Times that she made a mistake and thought she had the authority to increase pay as a way to attract more poll workers.
She resigned her position last month.
Sand says the payments could amount to a misuse of Help America Vote Act funds. That money is made available through the Iowa Secretary of State Office, which is assisting with the investigation.