Board of Registrars of Voters - Elections

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2020 Presidential Election Calendar

Board of Registrars:

Patrick Driscoll- U
Veronica Pare - D
Jeanette Stearns - R
Linda Koutoulas, City Clerk - D


n 2014, Chapter 109A of Chapter 54 of the General Laws was enacted, which requires post-election audits after presidential elections.  Under the proivsions of Chap. 54, Sec. 109A(c), 3% of all the precincts in Massachusetts must be handcounted as part of the audit process.  The law requires that precincts to be audited must be chosen in a random, publically verifiable, non-computerized drawing supervised by the Secretary of the State within 48 hours after the polls have closed.  The law futher provides for a handcount of only ceryain specifies races, where more than one candidate is printed on the ballot, and a statewide question, which is also randomly selected. 

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