What to know if your town has a warrant article regarding ballot counting devices.
What’s a ballot counting device?
In New Hampshire, every voter casts a paper ballot. Towns can choose to count those ballots by hand, or they can count ballots using a ballot counting device.
Ballot counting devices are a secure, efficient, and effective way of counting ballots. Voters fill in paper ballots by hand and feed them into the ballot counting devices, which function as a scanner meant only to tabulate votes to help expedite the process of counting on Election night.
Why do we need ballot counting devices?
The choice for municipalities to use ballot counting devices is important in strengthening New Hampshire’s election infrastructure, supporting voter confidence, and ensuring election officials have the resources they need to run elections smoothly. Ballot counting devices are not connected to the internet and are a more secure and accurate way to tally votes.
What’s going on with ballot counting devices?
22 towns across New Hampshire will have warrant articles on the ballot this upcoming town meeting day season to remove ballot counting devices from use in elections and only use hand counting. For the reasons noted above this would impact the safety and efficiency of our elections and place undue burden onto our local election officials.
What towns have warrant articles about ballot count devices?
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Town Meeting date: Saturday, March 16 at 9am. Swasey Central School, 355 Middle Road Brentwood.
Vote NO on article number: 13
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Town Meeting date: Saturday, March 16 at 9am. Newfound Regional High School Auditorium, 150 Newfound Rd, Bristol, NH 03222
Vote NO on article number: 9
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Town Meeting Date: Wednesday, March 13 at 7pm. Captain Samual Douglass Academy, 24 Townsend Hill Road, Brookline NH.
Vote NO on article number: 29
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Town Meeting date: Wednesday, March 13th at 6:30pm. Campton Elementary School: 1110 NH RT 175 Campton NH.
Vote NO on article number: 8
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Town Meeting date: Tuesday, March 12th at 7pm. Fitzwilliam Town Hall.
Vote NO on article number: 29
Read Language here.
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Town Meeting Date: Saturday, March 16th at 9am. Hollis/Brookline High School, 24 Cavalier Court, Hollis NH.
Vote NO on article number: 17
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Town Meeting date: Thursday, March 21st at 6pm. Hopkinton Middle/High School Gymnasium, 297 Park Avenue, Contoocook NH.
Vote NO on article number: 14
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Town Meeting date: Tuesday, March 12 at 6:30pm. Lin-Wood High School, 72 Linwood Dr, Lincoln, NH 03251.
Vote NO on article number: 31
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Town Meeting date: Saturday, March 16th at 9am. Loudon Elementary School, 7039 School St, Loudon NH.
Vote NO on article number: 20
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Town Meeting Date: Saturday, March 16th at 9am. James Noyes Hall at Madison Elementary School, 2069 Village Rd, Madison, NH.
Vote NO on article number: 28
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Town Meeting date: Wednesday, March 13 at 7pm. Inter-Lakes Junior/Senior High School Auditorium 1 Laker Lane, Meredith.
Vote NO on article number: 20
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Town Meeting date: Tuesday, March 12th at 6:30pm. Milan Village School Gymnasium.
Article Number 9
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Town Meeting Date: Wednesday, March 13 at 7pm. Spruce Lodge, Mount Sunapee 154 Mount Sunapee Rd, Newbury, NH.
Vote NO on article number: 11
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Town Meeting date: Saturday, March 16th at 10:30am. Newington Town Hall
Vote NO on article number: 15
Read Language here.
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Town Meeting Date: Wednesday, March 13 at 6:30pm. Town Hall, 55 Main St, Center Ossipee NH.
Vote NO on article number: 40
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Town Meeting date: Wednesday, March 13th, 7pm. Plymouth Elementary School, Old Ward Bridge Road Plymouth NH.
Vote NO on article number: 10
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Election Date: Tuesday March 12th, polls open 8am to 8pm. Sandown Town Hall.
Vote NO on article number: 19
Read language here.
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Town Meeting date: Saturday, March 16th at 8:30am. Strafford School, 22 Roller Coaster Rd, Strafford NH.
Vote NO on article number: 33
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Town Meeting date: Saturday, March 16 at 9am. Stratham Memorial School, 39 Gifford Farm Rd, Stratham NH.
Vote NO on article number: 15
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Town Meeting date: Wednesday, March 13 at 7pm. Kenneth A. Brett School, 881 Tamworth Road, Tamworth NH.
Vote NO on article number: 35
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Town Meeting date: Saturday, March 16 at 1pm. Walpole Town Hall.
Vote NO on article number: 12
Read language here.
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Town Meeting date: Tuesday, March 12 at 7pm. 924 Daniel Webster Highway, Woodstock NH 03293.
Vote NO on article number: 24