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Residents praise clerk’s handling of election but raise poll-watcher and ventilation concerns and ask about a forensic audit
Summary
Two residents thanked district staff for election administration but raised concerns about gymnasium heat for poll workers, reported poll-watcher line-cutting, and urged the board to pursue a forensic audit related to prior turnover in business officials; superintendent said the board would look into the audit and check veteran-exemption applicant counts.
Resident Jeffrey Greenfield thanked the district clerk for a well-run election but said the heat in the gymnasium created difficult conditions for poll watchers and asked that the district address ventilation for future events. He also described a personal experience about poll watchers who lived in town appearing to vote ahead of those waiting in line and asked the board to consider process improvements.
Greenfield raised a separate governance concern: given three different business officials in four years and public questions about last year’s numbers, he asked whether the board would pursue a forensic audit. The president and superintendent acknowledged the concern; the superintendent said there was no audit item on tonight’s agenda but that they would take the matter up with the new board and consider it going forward.
Greenfield also asked how many veterans in the district had applied for the exemption; the superintendent said staff were looking into that and estimated "not more than 2." Trustees expressed appreciation for the clerk’s work and said they would follow up on the ventilation and process issues for future elections.
