by Mary Till | May 9, 2021 | Election Integrity, Energy, Property Tax, Register to Vote, Schools, Taxes, Voting, Voting Absentee
The 2021 NH Legislature is entering the home stretch. The focus will be on the budget. There will be several negotiations between the Senate and House leadership and the Governor, trying to find a budget they can all support. That won’t be easy given the influence of...
by Mary Till | Apr 12, 2021 | Election Integrity, Voting, Voting Absentee, Voting Rights
Redistricting It’s pretty clear that the Republicans are going to draw the new voting district lines to their advantage and out of the public eye. The Governor will not have to keep his promise to sign any bi-partisan redistricting commission bill that comes to his...
by Mary Till | Sep 28, 2020 | COVID 19, Voting, Voting Absentee
Preprocessing of Absentee Ballots The NH Legislature has authorized early processing of absentee ballots for the 2020 elections. The Town Moderator has not yet announced if there will be early processing in Derry prior to the Nov 3 General Election. If there is...
by Mary Till | Sep 9, 2020 | Voting Absentee
Affidavit envelope image Most Common Reasons for Rejecting Absentee Ballots The two primary reasons absentee ballots were rejected in Derry were failure to return the affidavit envelope and failure to sign the affidavit envelope when it was returned. There were 1,603...
by Mary Till | Aug 29, 2020 | Voting, Voting Absentee
Many people, thousands actually, are voting absentee for the first time because of concern over exposure to Covid-19. If you used the latest application form from the Secretary of State, you could select the item “I am unable to vote in person due to concern for...
by Mary Till | Aug 9, 2020 | COVID 19, Register to Vote, Voting, Voting Absentee
When and Where to Vote In Derry Since Derry schools will be in session on September 8 and the middle schools will be using the gymnasiums as classrooms due to Covid-19, the Derry Town Council has voted to have Calvary Bible Church at 145 Hampstead Road be the only...