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Senate committee hears competing views on annual voter-roll verification; no vote taken
Summary
Rep. Robert Wherry proposed annual verification of voter rolls citing local mobility and found nearly 1,000 ineligible registrations in one town; opponents including municipal officials and Rep. Connie Lane cited cost and workload and suggested a four-year cycle or ERIC participation; no final committee vote was recorded.
Representative Robert Wherry introduced House Bill 274, proposing annual verification of voter rolls. Wherry said his review and discussions with supervisors of the checklist in Hudson found nearly 1,000 people no longer eligible on the rolls since the 2021 purge and argued that high mobility in parts of the state supports more frequent verification and that costs could be spread…
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