Amid national focus on election security, town clerks have few concerns

Morristown Town Clerk and Treasurer Sara Haskins. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger
ELMORE — When Sharon Draper first became clerk of this lakeside town, there were about 250 registered voters. That has grown over the years to approximately 700.
But for many elections, the number of voters is still not robust enough to justify the expense of using a tabulator, so the paper ballots are counted by hand. As to fraud concerns, Draper says she doesn’t worry. She knows most of the people