Post-election audits can 'validate fraud instead of catch it,' watchdog warns

"None of those audits can catch the type of improper election management that happened in 2020," Kline said.

The main issue in 2020 was the "infusion of funds to use government resources to target voters who were likely to vote for a specific candidate," which "government shouldn't do" because it "must treat all voters the same," Kline explained.

The more than $400 million in private funds poured into public election offices in 2020 "eliminated transparency," and the audits couldn't capture the possible "wrongdoing" that resulted from the use of those funds, he added.