A group alleging improprieties in Butler County’s administration of elections will have an audience with county commissioners in early April.

Commissioners Chairwoman Leslie Osche said Wednesday that the commissioners will convene a public meeting the evening of April 6 to discuss elections.

Osche invited members of the “Audit the Vote” group — who have attended commissioners meetings since mid-2021 and demanded a “forensic investigation” of the 2020 election — and others to submit questions to the commissioners ahead of the meeting.

“We would like them to be submitted to the solicitor by the 25th of March,” Osche said. “You have a week and a half to come up with questions and then we’ll have a week and a half to make sure we have all of the details and data that we need to have.”

The meeting, which will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. April 6 — the same day on which commissioners will conduct their biweekly 10 a.m. board meeting — will focus on the questions asked of commissioners.

“It obviously has to be and will be open to the public, but we’d like to contain ourselves to whatever it is that you want us to specifically address related to elections,” Osche said.

Members of the Audit the Vote group have been advocating for a public meeting to discuss elections in recent months, an idea not opposed by those who rose to speak in opposition to the group’s advocacy for a forensic audit.

The group’s members, in addition to calling for an audit, have presented commissioners with data they claim show the audit is necessary, such as multiple voters being registered with an address of the Slippery Rock University’s admissions office.

Osche first mentioned the possibility of such a meeting March 2.