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Moderators, clerks back bill to open absentee outer envelopes up to a week early to spot and cure defects
Summary
Rep. Gary Daniels introduced HB 344 to permit local officials to open absentee ballot outer envelopes up to one week before an election. Moderators and clerks — including large towns that tested the process in 2020 — said preprocessing increases transparency and lets clerks notify voters of curable defects before election day.
Representative Gary Daniels introduced HB 344, a bill to permit the opening of absentee ballot outer envelopes at a polling place up to one week before an election so officials can inspect affidavits and notify voters of curable defects prior to election day.
Moderators who ran preprocessing in 2020 described the operations and the safeguards. Peter Basileiro (Milford moderator) and Jonathan Kipp (Londonderry moderator) said their…
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