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Committee hears proposal to require municipalities to post election return forms online
Summary
Sponsor said SB 16 would require municipalities to post the election return forms they send to the secretary of state on municipal websites and public locations; municipalities and associations asked for clarifying amendments and flexibility for small towns.
Senator James Gray, prime sponsor of Senate Bill 16, told the committee the bill would require municipalities to post on their websites a copy of the election return form they submit to the Secretary of State so that write-in totals and other details are publicly accessible.
"The return of votes that you send to the secretary of state lists the people and then it lists all the write ins," Senator James Gray said. "Simply by posting a copy of that, we can take care of the situation, and the people will see who was voted for."
Supporters of public access said the…
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