Petitions are circulating to get rid of all electronic voting tabulation machines in Hampton and in other cities and towns in New Hampshire. Those pushing the petitions say their goal is to ensure “integrity” in future elections.
Selectman Regina Barnes is behind the Hampton effort, saying it is being done in conjunction with the nonprofit political citizen group Marigold Coffee Club as part of its “Remove the Machines” campaign.
“This is actually a statewide effort,” said Barnes, who is a team leader for the group in Hampton. “Marigold Coffee Club is doing it and in Hampton we are also doing a warrant article for Town Meeting.”
Barnes went before the town’s Board of Selectmen last week requesting they call for a special Town Meeting to ask voters if they want to return to hand-counting paper ballots for all town, state and federal elections.
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