The post-election audits required by the proposed Iowa House File #516 are going to cost you. In Linn and Johnson Counties, the estimated costs to conduct a post-election audit (hand-count) on ballots in the counties’ absentee precincts would have exceeded $19K, i.e., based upon the 2016 presidential election results.
Hopefully, absentee precincts will not be audited frequently, but when it occurs, it will be expensive. And large counties with lots of precincts are likely to be audited more often if precincts are randomly selected versus counties being randomly selected.
This is could be yet another unfunded mandate courtesy of the Iowa Secretary of State, Legislature, and Governor. -Joel D. Miller
| Johnson County Absentees | Cost | Cost Per Ballot |
| 41,795 | $ 19,225.70 | $ 0.460 |
| Linn County Absentees | Cost | |
| 42,170 | $ 19,398.20 |
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