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Wales Board of Registrars certifies 35 nomination signatures, approves prior meeting minutes
Summary
At a May 7 meeting, the Wales Board of Registrars certified nine sets of nomination papers totaling 35 signatures and approved the Nov. 24, 2025 meeting minutes. A recorded vote shows one entry marked “A”; the minutes do not clarify whether that denotes an abstention or an absence.
The Wales Board of Registrars certified nine sets of nomination papers, totaling 35 signatures, during a brief meeting at the Wales Town Offices on May 7, 2026. The session opened at 2:00 p.m. and adjourned at 2:17 p.m.
Member Sandy Szlachetka moved to approve the board’s Nov. 24, 2025 meeting minutes under Motion 050726-01; Member Debbie Fisher seconded. The motion was recorded as having "no discussion." The board recorded the vote as: Debbie Fisher Y; Sandy Szlachetka Y; JoAnn(e) Higgins A; Sarah Ryan Y. The minutes list an "A" for JoAnn(e) Higgins but do not specify in the text whether that indicates an abstention or an absence.
The certification noted on the agenda covered both party and non‑party candidate nomination papers for district and county offices and party candidates for state and federal offices; the minutes state the board certified nine sets of nomination papers totaling 35 signatures. The record does not attribute the certification announcement to a specific speaker or staff member.
There were no public attendees recorded in the minutes. The meeting concluded at 2:17 p.m.
Provenance: the actions and certification are recorded in the meeting minutes entries for May 7, 2026.
