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Ramona Kitzinger, the Democratic member of the county board of canvass, defended the process. She agreed with Nickolaus that the board "went over everything and made sure that all the numbers jived up, and they did."
"I'm the Democratic vice chair of Waukesha County, so I'm not going to stand here and tell you something that's not true," Kitzinger said.
http://elections.wispolitics.com/2011/04/waukesha-county-clerk-apologizes-for.htmlWaukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus’ response to audit recommendations aimed at improving election security in her office was not a hit with the County Board leaders Monday.
Nickolaus had said she would take the recommendations “into consideration” – sparking concern from members of the Executive Committee and, at one point, a scolding from County Board Chairman Jim Dwyer over what he later categorized as “smirks” during the discussion.
“This is the only audit in my 17 years where there’s no compliance before (the audit reaches) the Executive Committee,” he said at the start of Monday’s audit review.
An audit of last fall’s elections prompted Internal Audit Manager Lori Schubert to conclude that while the clerk’s system generally complies with state and federal guidelines and accuracy of election totals was not at issue, Nickolaus should improve security and backup procedures.
For example, Schubert recommended that Nickolaus stop using the same ID and password for three employees, assigning individual ones instead, as required by county policy, so that an audit trail of each employee’s work exists.Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus’ response to audit recommendations aimed at improving election security in her office was not a hit with the County Board leaders Monday.
Nickolaus had said she would take the recommendations “into consideration” – sparking concern from members of the Executive Committee and, at one point, a scolding from County Board Chairman Jim Dwyer over what he later categorized as “smirks” during the discussion.
“This is the only audit in my 17 years where there’s no compliance before (the audit reaches) the Executive Committee,” he said at the start of Monday’s audit review.
An audit of last fall’s elections prompted Internal Audit Manager Lori Schubert to conclude that while the clerk’s system generally complies with state and federal guidelines and accuracy of election totals was not at issue, Nickolaus should improve security and backup procedures.
For example, Schubert recommended that Nickolaus stop using the same ID and password for three employees, assigning individual ones instead, as required by county policy, so that an audit trail of each employee’s work exists.
http://www.forwardlookout.com/2011/04/compiling-information-about-the-waukesha-county-clerk/10233
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