(Radio Iowa) – Woodbury County Auditor Pat Gill says he will not appeal a judge’s decision that nullified thousands of absentee ballot request forms Gill’s office mailed out that included the voter’s I-D number. Gill says he strongly disagrees with Republicans who say that endangered election security. “Everything I did was to make sure that the voters of Woodbury County could participate in the election safely and securely,” Gill says.

A judge issued a temporary injunction last Friday, invalidating the forms Gill mailed to Woodbury County voters Gill estimates it will cost about 30-thousand dollars to send a letter to voters in Woodbury County and a letter explaining they must fill out a new, blank form to request an absentee ballot. A hearing on the G-O-P’s lawsuit against Johnson County’s auditor over absentee ballot request forms is scheduled next week.

Linn County’s Auditor also sent forms that included the voter’s name and voter I-D number. A judge has already issued an injunction invalidating the 50-thousand forms he mailed out.