LACONIA — New this year for the City of Laconia’s Municipal Elections: electronic Poll Pads, meant to streamline the process for election workers as thousands of city residents flock to their respective polls on Tuesday, Nov. 4.

The Poll Pad has been in use since 2012, and that use has become widespread over the last decade. More than 1,700 jurisdictions around the country use the devices in 36 states — here in New Hampshire, the Poll Pad is employed by 57 communities.

The electronic system assists election workers with end-of-day reconciliation by automatically tallying check-ins, removing the need for poll workers to manually reconcile paper check-in tallies at the end of an election altogether, saving hours of work and reducing the chance for human error.

“The Poll Pad benefits elect

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