North Reading Receives Early Voting Check

North Reading has received $6,620.45 as compensation for some of the costs associated with implementing the new early voting law during the 2016 state election.

Secretary of State William Galvin recently issued more than $1 million in reimbursement payments to cities and towns across the Commonwealth, using funding the Legislature provided for this purpose in a $17.8 million supplemental budget. The funding was distributed in accordance with the amounts certified by State Auditor Suzanne Bump’s Division of Local Mandates.

“I appreciate the work our local election officials did to make sure the early voting process ran smoothly, and I’m pleased the state has stepped forward to fulfill its promise to reimburse communities for their efforts,” said House Minority Leader Bradley H. Jones, Jr. (R-North Reading).