Missing Votes in Laconia

WinnisquamZ · 12-23-2021, 09:28 AM

We go from hearing about a gentleman’s agreement on prime downtown parking spacers to finding votes. The current leadership in the city likes to keep secrets. Wondering who actually runs the city. It doesn’t appear to be the City Council.
https://nhjournal.com/laconia-joins-...nafus-in-2021/

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John Mercier · 12-23-2021, 06:23 PM

It was in the Laconia Daily Sun.

Seems the machine has a compartment to separate ballots that are flawed or have write-ins that need a human to determine the will of the voter.

fatlazyless · 12-24-2021, 08:41 AM

The www.stvdplaconia.org HAS for $3.00, a plain brown paper bag with about 20-voter, heavy paper ballots, located in their high-end, historical, artistic shelf. It was between an old ashtray advertising Coppertone suntan lotion and a b&w framed photo of Marilyn Monroe doing a hand stand on the Weirs board walk, back in 1955. The bag was wrote 'stolen votes' w/ a black crayon.

Go there on a Tuesday, and get a 30% discount if age 60+ so's it will cost $2.10. ......

striker · 01-02-2022, 04:40 PM

the machines have 2 sections in the bottom of the collection box. One for machine counted votes with no write-ins and a second, beside it that collects counted ballots with write-ins. at the end of the night the back of the machine is opened, both bins visible, and the laft side with no write-ins are boxed up. the right side has ballots with write-ins. those are gathered and the write-in votes only are hand counted.

there is a small side bin with a slot on the side for ballots ( usually few, if any) go that need to have all votes hand counted .

12-23-2021, 09:28 AM	#1
WinnisquamZ Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 2,053 Thanks: 210 Thanked 653 Times in 436 Posts	Missing Votes in Laconia We go from hearing about a gentleman’s agreement on prime downtown parking spacers to finding votes. The current leadership in the city likes to keep secrets. Wondering who actually runs the city. It doesn’t appear to be the City Council. https://nhjournal.com/laconia-joins-...nafus-in-2021/ Sent from my iPhone using Winnipesaukee Forum mobile app

12-24-2021, 08:41 AM	#3
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,746 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,007 Times in 735 Posts	The www.stvdplaconia.org HAS for $3.00, a plain brown paper bag with about 20-voter, heavy paper ballots, located in their high-end, historical, artistic shelf. It was between an old ashtray advertising Coppertone suntan lotion and a b&w framed photo of Marilyn Monroe doing a hand stand on the Weirs board walk, back in 1955. The bag was wrote 'stolen votes' w/ a black crayon. Go there on a Tuesday, and get a 30% discount if age 60+ so's it will cost $2.10. ...... __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake! Last edited by fatlazyless; 12-25-2021 at 07:25 AM.

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12-23-2021, 06:23 PM	#2
John Mercier Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2021 Posts: 3,374 Thanks: 3 Thanked 595 Times in 491 Posts	It was in the Laconia Daily Sun. Seems the machine has a compartment to separate ballots that are flawed or have write-ins that need a human to determine the will of the voter.

01-02-2022, 04:40 PM	#4
striker Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: So. NH Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	the machines have 2 sections in the bottom of the collection box. One for machine counted votes with no write-ins and a second, beside it that collects counted ballots with write-ins. at the end of the night the back of the machine is opened, both bins visible, and the laft side with no write-ins are boxed up. the right side has ballots with write-ins. those are gathered and the write-in votes only are hand counted. there is a small side bin with a slot on the side for ballots ( usually few, if any) go that need to have all votes hand counted .

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