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Elections director previews 2025 schedule, absentee board changes and outreach; flags 700+ voter-record issues
Summary
Director Paula Saemstra reviewed the 2025 election schedule, new state rules affecting absentee and provisional ballots, an Election Expo on Sept. 18 and outreach events, and reported that over 700 voters were flagged for missing driver's license or Social Security numbers and have been sent letters to correct their records.
Paula Saemstra, Rockingham County's Director of Elections, provided a detailed update on the 2025 election schedule and changes to absentee- and provisional-ballot handling at the Aug. 19 meeting.
Saemstra said the office's schedule spans from Sept. 30 to Nov. 14, with the first absentee board meeting posted for Sept. 30 and absentee-by-mail ballots to be mailed starting Friday, Oct. 3. Logic-and-accuracy testing will be open to the public with advance notice (capacity limited), and a mock election to test uploads and ballot decryption is…
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