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Registrars warn delayed Total Vote rollout and a proposed law could strain local election operations
Summary
Milford registrars said the state's Total Vote implementation has been repeatedly delayed to December and warned that House Bill 5001's 7 a.m. absentee-ballot delivery requirement could create a logistical strain and extra staffing costs for municipalities.
Carrie Rowland and Deborah Fellebaum, Milford’s registrars of voters, told aldermen the office is lean relative to the work they perform and detailed three immediate concerns: delayed implementation of the state’s Total Vote voter-registration system, uncertainty about how absentee/no-excuse absentee changes will affect ballot demand, and a legislative proposal (House Bill 5001) that would require delivering…
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