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1. The tax payers here pay people to work the polls

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu Mar 26, 2026, 11:33 AM

Mar 26

its costs keep rising....when you add in other elections school board, etc. At one time they changed the terms of office in many towns from two to 4 yrs, then people realized they might want to get rid of some sooner. Some positions are at two years.

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