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Rockingham County elections board narrows sign window, allows snacks and adds safety buffer
Summary
The Rockingham County Board of Elections on Feb. 17 revised its electioneering policy to permit snacks (with trash removal), shorten the sign-posting window to 14 hours before polls open, and ban signs within 1 foot of walkways to and from polling places; enforcement of safety placements falls to precinct chief judges.
The Rockingham County Board of Elections on Feb. 17 approved several targeted changes to its electioneering principles aimed at clarifying safety and reducing friction at polling sites ahead of the primary.
The board voted to revise a provision singling out food items and to allow ‘‘snacks are permitted in the election activity areas,’’ while requiring that all trash be removed at the end of the day, the chair said during the meeting.
The board also shortened the sign-posting window. Under the revised language, political signs may be posted in the…
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