The President of the Iowa Association of Auditors, Roxanna Moritz, Sunday, said “The 2020 General Election has been unprecedented in the challenges facing County Auditors in Iowa. The COVID-19 pandemic and record early voting are among those challenges. Auditors have been planning for months and are prepared to both accurately count votes as well as safely serve all voters on Election Day.”

Mortiz added, “On Saturday October 31st many County Auditors convened the absentee boards of their counties to begin the process to review and open absentee ballot envelopes. Starting Monday, November 2nd and ending on Tuesday, November 3rd, County Auditors will have 46 hours to undertake the task of tabulating all the ballots.”

She concluded by sayig “Even though this has been an unprecedented year, as always, Iowa’s County Auditors are positioned to deliver this Election in the same manner as they have for years; providing all citizens of Iowa a safe, fair, timely and accurate election.”