Courtney: Audit needed for federal funds misused on Iowa voter purge

The chair of the Senate’s Government Oversight Committee today formally requested immediate state and federal audits of Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz’s misuse of federal funding for his high-profile voter purge campaign. In separate letters to Iowa State Auditor David Vaudt and the federal Office of Inspector General (U.S. Election Assistance Commission), State Senator Tom Courtney of Burlington stated that federal law requires Help America Vote Act (HAVA) funds to be used “for educating voters concerning voting procedures, voting rights and voting technology.”

October 3, 2012

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Kibbie: Secretary of State undermining Iowans’ voting rights

Iowa Senate President Jack Kibbie raises questions about Secretary of State Matt Schultz’s decision to issue new emergency rules affecting Iowans’ right to vote and refusing an invitation to explain his actions before the Legislature’s Administrative Rules Review Committee.

August 14, 2012

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