The Washington County Commissioners tasked their Elections Review Committee to make a recommendation to them as to whether the county should entertain the possibility of auditing past elections specifically the 2020 Presidential election. The committee voted 7-4 against recommending an audit. Nearly 100 people, the vast majority Democrats, turned out to witness the two and a half hour meeting and offer their opinions on the possibility of an audit. Committee Chairman Dave Ball, Chairman of the county Republican Party worked hard to make the audience understand that a forensic audit turning over voting machines and ballots to a third party was not what was being discussed. What was being discussed was third party review of processes employed by the county during elections. The meeting nearly got out of control with audience allegations of voter suppression and illegal aliens voting before sheriff’s deputies were brought in. Once discussion began, several committee members said they were caught by surprise that a request for proposal for a third party audit was being discussed. Chairman Ball stated that the committee should be looking for ways to improve on an already stellar voting performance. Committee member Peter Marcoline wondered aloud what the problems with elections were, or was the committee looking to spend money trying to find a problem. New committee member Ashley Duff presented the committee several pages of research that she performed indicating voter fraud and held out for a full forensic audit and hoped the decision would be tabled until the committee had time to digest her presentation.