The Vauditor strikes again — Culver's SOS office under investigation

I like David Vaudt he has done a great job for Iowa serving as our state auditor. He is exactly the type of watchdog our state needs — especially at this time with spending gone wild and the governor in denial. He is after all the only CPA running for state auditor.

I have heard the Vauditor speak on several occasions and I have to admit that I have had trouble keeping my eyes open during many of his presentations. Vaudt is a CPA and I am not a numbers guy so I can only stand a few minutes of the details. But when he comes to a conclusion, it is always crystal clear. He is the adult supervision in our state govenrnment and as a Republican I am proud to say that he is one of ours.

According to the Des Moines Register, at Vaudt's prompting, the US Election Assistance Commission:

... has found questionable spending totaling $2.5 million of roughly $30 million that the state’s elections division received from the federal government while Gov. Chet Culver was secretary of state.

Most of the issues involve the 2005 Celebrate Voting promotion. The events commemorated the anniversaries of the Voting Rights Act and the 19th Amendment. The article note questionable expenditures related to the event totaling $1,200,000.00. Remember these funds were part of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 that was designed to assist states meet new voting requirements.

I am glad that somebody in our state government thinks spending over a million dollars, meant to improve voting, on a party was a bad idea. So Mr. Vaudt, keep up the good work, my eyes may still glaze over when you get into the details of revenue projections — but I guarantee that my ears will be wide open.