Campaign Platform

Andrew Sorrell’s PLAN:

Continue my excellent record of tracking the $1.3 billion worth of taxpayer property.  Under my leadership, the state loses just a fraction of a percent of state property each year.  We have over 300,000 inventory items on our rolls and we audit about 180 state departments and agencies.  I am proud of our strong record ensuring your state property is accounted for!

Additionally, I will seek to strengthen the duties of the Auditor’s office by pushing for legislation to allow my office to determine when there is a negligent loss of state property.  This legislation would also allow me to issue demand letters to those responsible for repayment of the money to the state when the loss is truly negligent.

I will open a new Property Investigations Division so we can investigate when state property goes missing. As your state Auditor for the last 4 years, I can name many instances where property was stolen, lost, or damaged, and no one was held responsible.  In some cases, the property losses exceeded $20,000. Ultimately, taxpayers are on the hook for that money.  This is totally unacceptable! I will hold state employees responsible, and we will investigate these property cases as we continue our routine audits.

Voter Registration Advisory Board

I will seek to change the Voter Registration Advisory Board to be the Voter Registration and Election Integrity Advisory Board.  The reason for this is simple — more than 95% of all eligible Alabamians are already registered to vote.  Solving our election integrity issues must demand equal focus with voter registration. I will seek to expand the board membership and involve representatives from the Board of Registrars, Probate Judges, Circuit Clerks, Sheriffs, the Secretary of State’s office, and concerned citizens who are the foot soldiers fighting for election integrity.  As Auditor, I currently have 3 appointments to this important board, and I have attended several of the meetings.  I believe an expansion of this board is warranted, and I will be asking the legislature to implement this plan.

Pay Raises for Registrars and Poll Workers

In 2023, a pay raise bill was passed that set daily pay for poll workers at $125 and inspectors at $150.  In 2025, the Alabama Legislature also awarded a pay raise to members of the Board of Registrars, raising them to $115 per day from the state in addition to supplements that some counties fund. Registrars are not technically state or county employees, so they do not receive health or retirement benefits in Alabama.  Because I currently appoint 66 registrars across Alabama as State Auditor, I know that the low salary makes it challenging to find qualified individuals to fill these positions.

Our registrars serve out of a sense of duty and commitment to secure elections, but low pay and no benefits means few are willing to take the job. I believe our registrars should earn a minimum of $150 per day for their work and receive benefits like all other state employees receive.

Probate Judges in Alabama have had challenges finding enough people to work the polls due to the low rate of pay.  In Colbert County, where my family and I live, more than 200 poll workers are needed to administrate every election. For a roughly 13-hour workday, they are only paid $125, which amounts to less than $10/hour and barely exceeds the minimum wage.  Again, poll workers volunteer for these jobs out of a sense of civic duty, but they deserve more than they are currently earning.  As your State Auditor for a second term, I will push legislation raising poll worker pay by at least $25 above its current level.

Alabama DOGE

I am a huge fan of the work Elon Musk did at the federal level to cut federal spending and stop wasting money.  Although Alabama’s budgets are in much better shape than the federal budgets are, I assure you, there’s still plenty of waste in our spending as well.  In my second term I would like to spearhead an effort to identify and eliminate wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars.  I believe that a group of constitutional officers, legislators, state employees, conservative think tank representatives, and businessmen could identify dozens of ways that Alabama could save money in our budgets each year. 

Board of Registrars

As your State Auditor, I currently appoint 66 people to the various board of registrars’ offices around the state.  These positions are very important, as each county has a board of 3 people who register and remove individuals from the voter rolls.  As Auditor, I put a huge emphasis on appointing people to these positions who are serious about election integrity.  I take time to interview each candidate and seek input from local elected officials before making each appointment.  We have a fantastic group of registrars in this state!  In fact, Alabama is currently ranked 3rd in the nation for election integrity.  This is not by accident! This is the result of qualified and dedicated people who have been appointed by me, the Governor, and the Agricultural Commissioner to these important boards.

In my second term, I will continue replacing underperforming registrars. I will continue attending and speaking at the training sessions twice each year, and I will do my part to keep our elections strong well into the future.