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Select Board member raises UOCAVA and voting-machine motherboard concerns; clerk offers supervised review
Summary
Select Board member Crystal Robinson relayed worries from other towns that officials cannot see UOCAVA voter lists and that the Secretary of State may add or delete voters; the Town Administrator invited Robinson and others to the town office to observe ballot testing and review machine operation during business hours.
Select Board member Crystal Robinson raised two election-related concerns she had heard from officials in other towns: that municipalities are not allowed to know which voters are on the UOCAVA list and that the Secretary of State’s office can add or delete voters from that list, potentially affecting local results. She also asked whether the town could inspect voting machine motherboards after being told that machines in other towns had turned on by themselves and performed automatic updates.
The Town Administrator invited Robinson and other interested parties to visit the town office during normal business hours to meet with the town clerk, review how the machines work, and observe ballot testing. The administrator clarified that full access to the motherboard would not be provided, but residents could see machine operation and testing procedures.
