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Bill would keep local warrant drafters off recount boards to avoid appearance of conflict
Summary
Sponsor says HB 463 would bar board members who prepare warrant articles from serving on recount boards for those same articles to improve public confidence; Deputy Secretary of State flagged a cross-jurisdictional question for multi-town school districts.
Representative Robert Wherry, reading sponsor testimony for HB 463, told the House Election Law Committee the bill is a “straightforward” fix intended to strengthen trust in local election recounts by removing a potential conflict of interest.
“Right now…the same board members who write up and recommend the warrant articles, such as school budgets, also serve on the recount board for those very same articles,” Wherry said, reading the sponsor’s remarks. He described an example in which observers…
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