Would this be allowed in corporate America? No wonder we don’t trust elections
The Legislative Audit council was tasked with auditing the SC Election Commission and the report that was released this month is eye-opening. From their website: “The South Carolina Legislative Audit Council conducts independent, objective performance audits of state agencies and programs, as requested by the General Assembly and mandated by law. The purpose of this oversight role is to provide information which will assist the General Assembly and the public in determining whether state agencies are efficiently, effectively, and lawfully managing public resources, and whether agency programs are meeting their intended objectives. “
The report that was released this month is eye-opening. Forensic auditor Laura Downing read the report and released this summary statement and sent it to the governor. She sent a bit lengthier summary to the heads of the senate and house. See the document below:
This report underscores the complexity of our election processes as well as the lack of transparency. There are many areas of concern as well as the fact that recommendations they gave 10 years ago when they last audited this agency were not followed.
We encourage you to read this as the summary doesn’t do it justice and the report is quite comprehensive as well as concerning. My favorite part is about teh Richland county whiteboard that listed all the passwords for the machines and said “don’t give these out.” You can’t make this up.
Here is the link to the full report: https://lac.sc.gov/sites/lac/files/Documents/Legislative%20Audit%20Council/Reports/A-K/SEC_2024.pdf
