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Sponsors seek earlier NCOA delivery to give registrars 90 days to review changes
Summary
Rep. Jerry Ward said moving receipt of the USPS NCOA list to at least 90 days before an election would give supervisors and registrars time to review potential moves and preserve voters’ rights; the deputy secretary of state recommended twice-yearly uploads and warned 90-day timing could overlap across many elections.
Representative Jerry Ward (Rockingham 27) introduced House Bill 341 to change the statute that governs when supervisors of the checklist receive the National Change of Address (NCOA) list from the Secretary of State. Ward said moving the receipt date to at least 90 days before an election would give registrars and supervisors enough time to review entries and avoid situations like 2024, when a list…
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