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0� •OFR q' <br />O <br />Town of Reading <br />a Meeting Minutes <br />a: mmxa°�t� <br />Board - Committee - Commission - Council: <br />Bylaw Committee <br />Date: 2021-11-30 <br />Building: Reading Town Hall <br />Address: 16 Lowell Street <br />Purpose: Discussion of the Bylaws <br />Committee's research into e -voting <br />Attendees: Members - Present: <br />Jeff Struble <br />Jason Clarke <br />Jesse Arnold <br />Kern Perry <br />Liz Sullivan <br />Members - Not Present: <br />Others Present: <br />1II11T3WA1:113l:W <br />Location: Berger Room <br />Session: Open Session <br />Version: <br />Laura Gemme, Alan Foulds, Cadance THomases <br />TOWNECED <br />LERK <br />READING, MA. <br />2022 APR 13 PM 3: 08 <br />Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Jesse Arnold <br />Topics of Discussion: <br />How are other towns in Massachusetts handling electronic voting? <br />Jeff Struble: <br />• Swampscott <br />o Has standards of manual voting — show of hands, standing, roll call, secret <br />ballot. <br />• Burlington <br />o No evidence of electronic voting <br />• Holbrook <br />o No evidence of electronic voting <br />• Lee <br />o No evidence of electronic voting <br />• Fairhaven <br />o No evidence of electronic voting <br />• Milford <br />o No evidence of electronic voting. But in 2017 did survey electronic town <br />meeting but doesn't seem to have gotten anywhere <br />• Natick <br />o In 2014-15 Natick made an ad hoc committee which created a great report <br />on electronic voting (see attached). <br />o Natick discussed a need to ensure safety and reliability of votes <br />Page 1 1 <br />