New Mexico Watchdog - The audit covering the last six months of Mary Herrera’s time as New Mexico Secretary of State found that she failed to maintain an accurate inventory of the state’s voting machines and caused the state to lose $100,000 in federal voting funds. The audit also reported that when the current Secretary of State Diana Duran defeated Herrera and moved into office, her staff found many problems overlooked in prior audits. Always passionate in her own defense, Herrera has questioned the auditor’s competency and taken a few shots at the woman who put her out of her job.
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The Santa Fe accounting firm of Zlotnick, Laws and Sandoval audited the 2011 fiscal year of the Secretary of State’s financial statements and practices. The 2011 fiscal year spanned the last six months of Herrera’s and the first six months of Duran’s terms. The prior years of Herrera’s term had been audited by the Albuquerque firm of Atkinson and Company.
Upon taking office, Duran and her staff “encountered issues of great concern related to agency financials and governance,” according to a statement included in the 2011 FY audit. “The incoming administration also reviewed prior year agency audit reports and noted that no findings had been issued. The agency chose to contract with a neutral third-party independent public accountant that could provide a thorough audit of the agency’s financials and internal controls.” That independent audit was conducted by the Zlotnick firm and recently published on the website of the State Auditor. The full audit is available at this link.
Duran says she found the following problems that had been missed in prior audits: Read full story here:
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