An unoccupied observer area at the polls in Nashua — Gov. Kelly Ayotte's hometown — on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. (Photo by Will Steinfeld/New Hampshire Bulletin)Late last June, Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed a two-year budget that included cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services ($51 million) and the Department of Corrections ($10 million), as well as new Medicaid copays and premiums for certain recipients and funding reductions for the …