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Select Board approves reduced early‑voting hours, posts Sept. 1 primary warrant
Summary
Town Clerk Ashley Cody recommended shorter in‑person early‑voting hours tailored to Carlisle’s ~4,100 voters; the Select Board approved the hours and signed the warrant for the Sept. 1 state primary for publication.
The Cardell Select Board on July 28 voted to set in‑person early‑voting hours for the Sept. 1 state primary and to approve the official warrant for that election.
Town Clerk Ashley Cody told the board that for a community with roughly 4,100 registered voters the state requires a minimum of one weekend day with at least four hours and a percentage of normal business hours during the week. Cody said the town saw about 20 in‑person voters during the state primary week in 2024 and 318 in‑person votes over 12 days in the 2022 general election. "The state requires in‑person early voting... For our, population, which is about 4,100 voters or so," she said. Based on that history Cody recommended shortened weekday hours plus a single four‑hour weekend day to balance access and poll‑worker availability.
A board member moved to approve the hours and the warrant for the Sept. 1 primary (7–8 p.m. in the Clark Room) as presented in the clerk’s June 30 memo; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote. The board also noted that vote‑by‑mail remains available for both the primary and the Nov. 3 general election.
The clerk said the state reimburses many election costs (postage for vote‑by‑mail has been reimbursed) and that most in‑person early‑voting expenses are limited to poll‑worker pay. The board thanked poll‑worker volunteers and staff for their work and directed the clerk to post the warrant in accordance with town bylaws.
