CONWAY — The new Poll Pads were working well for checking in voters on Primary Day, said Conway Town Moderator Chris Meier on Tuesday, adding that the turnout was “slow and steady.”
This year, election workers in Conway, Bartlett, Jackson and Ossipee had Poll Pads which signed voters in electronically rather than with alphabetical check-in books.
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