By Alex Malm
JANUARY 19, 2023
The Town Council received an update regarding the Town Election in March from Town Moderator, Jonathan Kipp, during their Jan. 9 meeting.
“I’m here tonight to talk to you about our voting machines,” said Kipp.
Kipp explained that the voting machines the town currently owns have been used since the 1990s.
“These machines have not been manufactured since 2010,” Kipp stated at the meeting.
He said the machines have very limited replacement parts if they break. The software used to create the ballot and to read the ballot runs on a microsoft platform that hasn’t been produced since 2015.
“If there’s a software glitch, we’re in trouble there,” said Kipp.
He explained they are planning to have a trial of a new ballot tabulator for the March elections for both the school and town elections.
Kipp said the Ballot Law Commission determined that the Dominion ImageCast Precinct would be allowed to be used in NH this year on a trial basis, “which we will be using on a trial basis in March,” Kipp said.
He said aside from Londonderry, Milford would be the other town allowed to pilot the machines this year.
“We are working very closely with the Secretary of State Office,” said Kipp.
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