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Committee advances bill to ease filing when town clerks aren’t routinely available

2834353 · April 1, 2025
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Summary

House Bill 327 would permit filing with the Secretary of State and allow clerks to complete certain forms when not acting as a notary, aiming to help candidates and filers in small towns with limited office hours.

A sponsor introduced House Bill 327 to permit filing election-related forms with the Secretary of State and to allow clerks to complete required affidavit forms even when a town clerk is not a notary or the clerk’s office has limited hours.

The sponsor said the problem is not hypothetical: in some small towns clerks keep very…

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