Board of Registrars

MINUTES Board of Registrars’ Meeting June 8, 2015 10:00 a.m. City Clerk’s Conference Room Present: Kathryn Fogal, Chair, Carol Cordero and Patricia Lucier. Also present: Deputy City Clerk Patricia Piecuch 1. The Chair called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. 2. P. Lucier moved to accept the non-meeting minutes of Board of Registrars’ meeting of May 14, 2015. Seconded by C. Cordero. Motion passed. 3. P. Lucier moved to ratify and confirm poll taken to approve the minutes of the Board of Registrars’ meeting of October 31, 2104. Seconded by C. Cordero. Motion passed. 4. C. Cordero moved to ratify and confirm poll taken to approve the acceptance, deletions and additions to the checklist as well as the certification of the checklist for May 14, 2015. Seconded by P. Lucier. Motion passed. 5. P. Lucier moved to accept the City Clerk’s report on deletions, additions and corrections to the checklist since the last meeting. Seconded by C. Cordero. Motion passed. 6. P. Lucier moved to certify the city checklist for use for the filing period for the Mayoral filing period which began on June 8th. Seconded by C. Cordero. Motion passed. 7. Future meeting dates were discussed. The Board will meet on Friday, August 21st at 10 a.m. in reference to the filing for all other municipal offices. The Board will meet on Thursday, September 3rd at 10 a.m. to certify the checklist to be used at the September Municipal Primary Election. The Board will meet on Thursday, October 29th at 10 a.m. to certify the checklist to be used at November General Municipal election. All meetings will occur in the City Clerk’s Conference Room, 1st Floor. 8. New Business a. The Deputy City Clerk informed the Board they were currently working on getting Deputy Voter Registrars for the Special Municipal Election on June 23rd and were having difficulties. Currently there were three wards that had no registrars as some of the regular workers were going to be out of state. K. Fogal 1  inquired to which wards. The Deputy City Clerk stated Wards 2, 5 and 7. K. Fogal volunteered to work Ward 7 all day. Training will be held for new registrars or those wanting a refresher on Monday, June 22nd at 9:00 a.m. b. P. Lucier mentioned pending legislation regarding 30-day registration. K. Fogal asked for clarification. The Deputy City Clerk stated SB179 had passed the Senate and House and would require anyone registering to vote in New Hampshire had to be domiciled for at least 30 days prior to voting in an election. At this time it would be presented to the Governor for her signature. Discussion ensued and it was determined to watch the status of this bill. c. The Deputy City Clerk informed the Board that at the September 8th Mayoral Primary Election, election officials will have to take pictures of voters who do not show a valid photo id in order to obtain a ballot and vote. Nashua will be the first in the State to implement this law and at this time the purchase of the equipment necessary was still up in the air. K. Fogal asked if voters needed an id to register to vote. The Deputy City Clerk replied they did not, as this only affected those voters wishing to obtain a ballot without a photo id and explained the process. 9. C. Cordero moved to adjourn. Seconded by P. Lucier. Motion passed. 2