Secretary of state examines Post-Election Audit Standards.

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CalCPA member Amy Lehmkuhl, CPA, has been appointed by California Secretary of State Debra Bowen to serve on the newly created Post-Election Audit Standards Working Group, which is charged with examining whether the post-election audit standards in California should be strengthened.

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Others appointed with Lehmkuhl, a director of tax and accounting at Sacramento-based Ueltzen & Company, LLP, include experts in the fields of computer science, financial auditing, statistical analysis, election reform advocacy, and city and county government: David Jefferson (chair), Center for Applied Scientific Computing, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Kim Alexander, president and founder...