A candidate for Alabama Secretary of State cannot believe the state doesn’t audit elections.

On Monday, State Auditor Andrew Sorrell announced that he is running to become Alabama’s next Secretary of State in 2026. If elected, Sorrell is making it clear that pushing for an election audit will be one of his first priorities.

Sorrell discussed the issue Tuesday on WVNN’s “The Yaffee Program.”

“So we’ve had a lot of good improvements made to our elections over the years, but there’s still one really big thing that we’re lacking in Alabama,” Sorrell said.

“And I think if we would do this one thing, I think our elections would go from number two to number one…We’re the only state in America that doesn’t audit our elections. Can you believe that all 49 other states have some type of election audit, and we don’t?”

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Sorrell said his role as State Auditor has taught him the importance of conducting an audit of the state’s elections.

“I had somebody ask me today, ‘You’re not actually in favor of an election audit, are you?’ And I said, ‘You do realize you’re asking the state auditor if he’s in favor of audits, you know?’ And I started laughing. And I was like, ‘Look, I’m in favor of property audits, I’m in favor of procedural audits, I’m in favor of financial audits, and I’m sure in favor of election audits.’ And we’ve got to get an election audit bill done here in Alabama.”

In order to get an election audit process in Alabama, the Legislature would have to pass a bill on it. Sorrell believes that will happen because the majority of Alabamians want it.

“The Republican primary base wants an election audit bill by a massive, massive margin,” he argued. “In fact, I think they’re to the point where they’re demanding an election audit bill. So yes, I do think that one will go through eventually. Maybe it goes through, you know, in the next year or two, I don’t know, but if it’s not passed by the time that I hopefully become Secretary of State, that will be a major emphasis of mine is to get that bill done.”

Currently, Sorrell currently has no challengers, and the current officeholder, Wes Allen, is running for Lt. Governor.

Yaffee is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts “The Yaffee Program” weekdays 9-11 a.m. on WVNN. You can follow him on X @Yaffee