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Staff reviews biennial voter checklist and board approves poll-worker roster for town meeting
Summary
Staff member Sarah outlined the required biennial review of the voter checklist, explained purge procedures and deadline (Sept. 20), and the board approved the presented list of poll workers by voice vote.
Sarah (staff member) led the board through the biennial review of the voter checklist, describing the review process required in odd-numbered years and the steps the office uses to update and purge the rolls. "In the odd numbered years, we have to review the checklist," Sarah said, explaining that mailings returned and ballot activity guide which registrants are challenged or removed.
Sarah described shorthand markers on the checklist and how they are handled: "the o means oath," she said, noting that 17-year-olds who will be 18 by the general election may have a missing oath entry; "NBS" indicates not-verified social security information at the state level and the 'c' marks entries flagged for challenge. She emphasized that people can re-register and come off the challenge list, and that the deadline for sending the checklist statement is September 20.
On logistics, the board discussed town meeting staffing and ballot transport. Sarah asked for volunteers to staff a check-in table at the school on Monday evening (shift roughly 6:40–7:10 p.m.) and ballot-watching duties on Tuesday; she described a plan to run two shifts so no one is on duty the entire night and noted that two people deliver ballots to the school (CBU) for tabulation.
S3 read aloud a roster of proposed poll workers. S3 moved to approve the election workers on the presented list; Sarah (S1) seconded. Members voted by voice ('aye') and S3 announced that the motion carried; the roster of poll workers was approved.
The board then moved on to other business and adjourned.
What’s next: Sarah said she will finalize and file the checklist statement ahead of the September 20 deadline and will follow up with volunteers about town meeting shifts and ballot transport.
