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Sponsor and deputy secretary clash over scope, cost and public access in vendor background-check bill
Summary
Rep. Claudine Burnham introduced HB 574 to require background checks of private contractors who program and service voting machines; testimony raised questions about public posting of results, monthly reports and the bill's fiscal estimate.
Representative Claudine Burnham introduced HB 574, a bill that would require background checks for employees and contractors of private companies that program and maintain New Hampshire voting machines.
“Since the machines are programmed and maintained by company employees, it is only right to have every person involved in this process to pass a level of security with a background check,” Burnham told the committee, and she disputed the fiscal estimate in the bill.
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