LACONIA — A temporary Ward 6 moderator will be appointed by the City Council at its meeting Monday night — less than twelve hours before the polls open for primary elections Tuesday morning.
The temporary moderator, Catherine Tokarz, will be overseen by two people from the state. The New Hampshire Secretary of State’s office appointed Bonnie Winnona Mackinnon, who was a moderator in Nottingham for 11 years, as an election monitor. Mackinnon, as well as Deputy Secretary of State Erin Hennessey, will be in Ward 6 all day Tuesday, according to City Clerk Katie Gargano.
The city has been in search of a moderator since mid-August, when City Councilor and former Moderator for Ward 6 Anthony Felch resigned at the request of the attorney general. An investigation by the attorney general’s office found that Felch had, unknowingly yet negligently, miscounted and mishandled votes in the 2020 election.
The city did not receive a single application for a new moderator.
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