CONWAY — Selectmen on Tuesday expressed concerns that electioneering may have discouraged voters from going to the polls during the April 10 election. The town moderator, who is also an attorney, discussed the laws with the Sun on Wednesday.
This comes after responses to the Sun's Tele-Talk poll this week revealed that some people don't like to vote because of all the people who show up to campaign for one thing or another in the walkway in front of the community center.
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