Auditor requests another staffer

Whitman County Auditor Eunice Coker Monday met with county commissioners to request an additional staff member to address needs of the county’s elections office.

The department currently employs two full-time staffers and one part-time employee.

“All I was doing was opening the conversation and letting them know,” she said. “It’s elections, it’s people’s votes, so to have enough staff who is paid and is paid a decent wage is necessary.”

Coker said she was asked a lot of questions, and one part of the discussion focused on being able to fund an additional staff member. Commissioner Michael Larg...