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Committee advances audit plan for split districts; Secretary of State to notify towns after passage
Summary
The committee discussed new language shifting responsibility for checklist audits in split municipalities to local town clerks and boards of civil authority, agreed the Secretary of State's Elections Division will notify affected towns within two weeks of passage and provide training, and considered adjusting reporting deadlines.
The House Government Operations & Military Affairs Committee on March 13 reviewed draft language directing town clerks and boards of civil authority to audit voter checklists in municipalities whose boundaries are divided for the purpose of representative or senatorial districts.
Legislative counsel Tim Devlin described the change in draft 1.7: the obligation to perform audits will rest with local officials in municipalities that have split boundaries; those local entities would complete audits on or before Aug. 15, 2025, deliver a written summary to the Secretary of State's Elections Division by Sept. 15, 2025, and the Secretary of State would submit a report to the committee by Nov. 15, 2025. "Before, the onus was put on the Secretary of State to perform the audits. Now it is the Board of Civil Authority…
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