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Newfields advisory group agrees on neutral outreach plan for school safety bond
Summary
An advisory committee in Newfields decided to pursue neutral informational outreach—an SAU-distributed notice plus a citizen-funded mailer and social posts—to explain a school safety warrant article and encourage turnout; members emphasized legal limits on advocacy and assigned design and distribution tasks.
Speakers at an advisory meeting in Newfields spent the session shaping outreach for an upcoming warrant article to fund a school safety project, agreeing to rely on neutral informational materials and citizen-funded mailings rather than committee-funded advocacy.
"This specific advisory committee does not have the authority to expend funds," said Speaker 3, who advised the group on statutory limits and election rules, adding that government bodies in New Hampshire are expected to remain neutral on ballot questions. Members therefore agreed the committee itself should not pay for advocacy mailings but can support neutral information and allow individual members or private citizens to promote the project in…
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