LACONIA — The polls were bustling with activity Tuesday as residents showed up to support their chosen candidates for mayor, city council, the school board, and other positions during the Municipal Election.

Moderators in Ward 3, 5 and 6 reported healthy voter turnout, despite the wind and cold. Candidates and their supporters held fast outside of Laconia Middle School, Woodland Heights, and the clubhouse at Leavitt Park as voters came steadily through.

Hawk-eyed volunteer election observers paid careful attention to anyone turned away from the polls, though that hadn’t happened — at least, not at Leavitt Park, by noontime.

At Ward 3, Councilor Eric Hoffman, who is running unopposed, stood outside the middle school, with a sign advertising his campaign. Poll workers there had facilitate

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