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2. Discussed the Early Voting In-Person for the May 6, 2023 Town Election. New Vote <br /> act of 2022 requires that the Select Board have to vote to approve this option. The <br /> proposed dates for this In-Person voting would be at Town Hall from April 19-26 and <br /> the hours would be 8:30-4:30. The voters will still be able to Vote by Mail if they <br /> choose. The town will also have to pay for postage when the ballots are mailed out. <br /> The Board of Registrars must vote to recommend Early- in-Person Voting <br /> Yvonne made a motion to hold Early Voting for one week <br /> Deb seconded the motion and stated it was not an additional cost because we were <br /> working in the building anyway. She said that 50% of the Registrars have to agree. <br /> Yes Vote No Vote <br /> Ernest <br /> Yvonne <br /> Alexa <br /> Deb <br /> A vote must now be taken with the Select Board to opt for that option also. Ernie asked <br /> what does the Select Board vote on? Deb responded a change to the Polling Place and <br /> reduced hours for Election Day. <br /> 3. Deb would like to reduce the hours that we hold the Election down to 6. Having the time <br /> of an election be from 12p.m. -6 p.m. since we are offering both Vote-by-Mail and Vote- <br /> In- Person. This is also a Select Board vote. <br /> 4. Informing the Board about how we are now able to process ballots before voting day, <br /> called Advanced Removal and Advanced Processing. The mailed and early ballots are the <br /> ones that are handled. The results of the votes are not available till the end of Election <br /> Day,the only information known is how many ballots were processed. <br /> 5. Information of 2 new Election Wardens to bring the total to 5, one for each precinct. The <br /> experienced Wardens will help to train the new ones who do some have experience on at <br /> the polls. <br /> Ernie asked if the Board need to be at the Select Board meeting when Deb presented the <br /> new Polling Places and Early-in-Person voting? Deb said that was not necessary. <br /> OLD BUSINESS <br /> None at this time. <br /> ADDITIONAL TOPICS <br /> Nothing was discussed outside of the agenda. <br /> Adjourned 5:25 ).m. Ernie made the motion, Yvonne and Deb seconded it. <br />