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You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.CONCORD — Top state prosecutors and election officials have asked Windham town officials for extensive information in their effort to account for a major discrepancy between ballots optically scanned on Election Day and those in a hand recount.But Assistant Attorney General Nicholas Chong Yen and Assistant Secretary of State Orville “Bud” Fitch said their offices, along with the Ballot Law Commission, have no authority to order an audit or, as town officials have asked for, a “re-canvass” of the ballots.Three weeks after the Nov. 3 election, the Ballot Law Commission upheld the victory of Republican candidate Julius Soti over Democrat Kristi St. Laurent for the fourth and final seat representing Windham in the House of Representatives.After the recount, Soti won by 424 votes. Town election officials previously reported that Soti had won by 24 votes. St. Laurent had requested the recount.The recount uncovered about 300 more votes for all four House Republican candidates.St. Laurent’s total dropped by 99 votes. The three Democratic candidates who finished behind her each gained 20 to 28 votes after the recount.The Ballot Law Commission unanimously agreed to have Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald’s office check the accuracy of the voting machines in the town of Windham, but it also declared there was no evidence of voter fraud.Secretary of State Bill Gardner said a 400-vote difference in any race for a legislative seat was unusual.In their letter, Yen and Fitch asked the town to spell out how it managed the ballot counting devices, to describe the vote counting process, to provide result tapes for the machines and to preserve all primary and backup memory cards.Yen has declined to call this query an “investigation.” Many critics have noted that for the past 10 years, Dominion Voting Systems has had control over the machines New Hampshire has used for decades.Yen and Fitch noted those machines have been the subject of fewer complaints.“Many of the concerns raised in emails after the election related to the ballot counting devices currently in the news in other states. Those devices are different than the ones used in New Hampshire, wrote Yen and Fitch. “The AccuVote optical scanner used in New Hampshire is older technology.”On Nov. 3, 10,006 people voted in Windham.In that election, 4,038 voted for all four Republican candidates for House seats in Windham, and 2,447 cast ballots for all four Democratic candidates.The other 3,521 who cast ballots chose fewer than four candidates or picked candidates from both parties, according to state officials.Both the House of Representatives and state Senate are considering bills to provide more vote count verification.© Copyright 2022 , 100 William Loeb Drive Manchester, NH&nbsp;| &nbsp;|Powered by from .Sorry, an error occurred.You are logged in&nbsp;Sign up withThank you .Your account has been registered, and you are now logged in.Check your email for details.Sign in withSubmitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password.An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the e-mail address listed on your account.×Thank you.Your purchase was successful, and you are now logged in.Rate:Begins:Ends:Transaction ID:A receipt was sent to your email.This offer is currently unavailable.Close

You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.CONCORD — Top state prosecutors and election officials have asked Windham town officials for extensive information in their effort to account for a major discrepancy between ballots optically scanned on Election Day and those in a hand recount.But Assistant Attorney General Nicholas Chong Yen and Assistant Secretary of State Orville “Bud” Fitch said their offices, along with the Ballot Law Commission, have no authority to order an audit or, as town officials have asked for, a “re-canvass” of the ballots.Three weeks...

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