Hillsborough supervisors approve multiple voter registrations, begin annual verification

The Town of Hillsborough Supervisors of the Checklist met May 13 and reviewed routine voter-roll business, approving multiple new registrations and transfers, recording changes to voter records, and beginning annual verification work.

The meeting opened at 10:00 a.m. with Supervisors/Registrars Jon Daley, Sharon Wilkens and Joyce Bosse present. The minutes show the board considered applications from residents new to New Hampshire and transfers from other New Hampshire towns; unless otherwise noted, the applications were approved by a majority of the Supervisors.

The minutes list named applicants for new registration and transfers. Examples in the record include John Stephen Freisinger and Trista Elizabeth Freisinger among new-to-state applicants, and Charles William Bowser III and Deborah Ann Bowser among transfers. The Supervisors also recorded administrative updates to existing registrations — including name, address and party changes — for several voters (the minutes note which records were altered and the type of change).

The Supervisors began annual verification procedures during the session, documenting research on ELVD/US/non-EAVD voters and printing annual verification letters as part of the voter-list maintenance work. The minutes also list voters removed after registering in other New Hampshire towns and cite retention law RSA 33-a:3-a, which the minutes say requires retention of removal forms for seven years. One voter (James B. Baldwin) is listed as pending removal due to death, with the minutes recording the registry check result as not found.

The minutes include certification language about contested hearings and recusal guidance and were certified as true and accurate. The document records signatures for Sharon Wilkens and Joyce Bosse and shows the meeting ended (the minutes record the end time as "4:00A.M P.M."; that timestamp is inconsistent in formatting and is reported here as recorded in the minutes).

No formal motions with mover/second names or vote tallies were recorded in the minutes beyond the general notation that applications were approved by majority where not otherwise noted. The Supervisors appear to have directed routine follow-up for annual verification and record retention in accordance with applicable statutes. The minutes indicate routine administrative business and do not show contested hearings or policy actions taken at that meeting.

The minutes were prepared as the official record of the Supervisors of the Checklist/Board of Registrars for Hillsborough.