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NH Rev Stat § 669:50 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:50 - Filing Nominations; Certificate of Regularity.

    669:50 Filing Nominations;  Certificate of Regularity. –||In filing nominations with the town clerk, the presiding officer of the caucus shall certify that the caucus was called and conducted according to the provisions of this subdivision. If nominations are not accompanied by such certificate, they shall not be placed upon the official ballot.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:51 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:51 - Filing Checklists.

    669:51 Filing Checklists. –||Within 48 hours after the close of any caucus, the presiding officer shall file with the town clerk the checklist used in the caucus; and the clerk shall keep the same for 60 days thereafter, in his office, open to the inspection of every citizen of such town, and shall not make nor permit to be made upon such checklist any mark whatever.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:52 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:52 - Nomination by Nomination Papers.

    669:52 Nomination by Nomination Papers. –||As an alternative to nomination by party caucus, a candidate may have his name placed on a partisan town election ballot by submitting nomination papers. All the provisions of RSA 655:40-45 shall apply except that the duties performed by the secretary of state shall be performed by the town clerk. Fifty nomination papers shall be required for each town office for which a person files.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:53 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:53 - Penalty for Violations.

    669:53 Penalty for Violations. –||Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this subdivision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person who shall swear falsely in making oath under the provisions of this subdivision shall be guilty of perjury and punished accordingly.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:54 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:54 - Nominations.

    669:54 Nominations. –||In the election of officers by unofficial ballot, nominations of candidates for office shall be by motion at the town meeting.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:55 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:55 - Ballots.

    669:55 Ballots. –||In the election of officers by unofficial ballot, the town clerk shall prepare and provide to the moderator pieces of white paper of uniform size and weight to be used as ballots; provided, however, that if more than one ballot is used during any town election, each ballot shall be of a different color than any other ballot used at the election. The ballots may, at the discretion of the clerk, have printed on them the names of the offices to be elected, such as "For Selectman," or "For Town Treasurer." However, no names of candidates shall be printed on the unofficial ballots.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 1991, 370:3, eff. Aug. 31, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:56 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:56 - Ballot Boxes.

    669:56 Ballot Boxes. –||A suitable box shall be provided by the selectmen, at the expense of the town, in which to receive the ballots of the voters.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:57 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:57 - Conduct.

    669:57 Conduct. –||Upon receipt of his ballot from the moderator, each voter shall write thereon the name of every person for whom he desires to vote. Each voter shall deliver his ballot to the moderator in open meeting; and the moderator, on receiving the ballot, shall direct the town clerk to check the name of the voter on the checklist, and shall, without inspecting the name of any person voted for, examine the ballot so far only as to determine whether the same contains more than one ballot; if it does not, he shall place the ballot in the ballot box; but if it does, he shall make it manifest to the meeting and reject the same unless the voter shall correct his ballot.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:58 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:58 - Counting.

    669:58 Counting. –||When all votes have been cast, the moderator shall, in the open meeting, sort and count the votes. The selectmen and town clerk shall assist in sorting and counting the votes; but no other person shall in any manner interfere therewith. After the counting, the moderator shall make a public declaration of the number of ballots cast, with the name of every person voted for and the number of votes for each; and the town clerk shall make a fair record thereof in the books of the town. No ballot shall be received and counted after the votes have been declared.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:59 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:59 - Blank Votes.

    669:59 Blank Votes. –||If several offices are to be voted for upon the ballot, no person shall be required to vote for all. Any ballot which does not contain at least one voter for each office shall be regarded as a blank for the office omitted. Blank pieces of paper shall not be counted as ballots.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:60 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:60 - Majority to Elect; Tie Vote.

    669:60 Majority to Elect;  Tie Vote. –||In determining the results of any election by unofficial ballot, the whole number of persons voting for any office shall first be ascertained and then the vote for each candidate seeking said office. In order to win an office by unofficial ballot, a candidate must receive a majority of the votes cast for a certain office. In the case that more than one candidate receives a majority, the candidates with the largest majority of votes for the positions available shall be declared elected. In the event that 2 candidates receive an equal number of votes such that a winner cannot be determined, another balloting shall be taken.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:61 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:61 - Vacancies in Town Offices.

    669:61 Vacancies in Town Offices. –||I. Whenever a vacancy as defined in RSA 652:12 occurs in any elective town office or whenever a town neglects or refuses to fill an elective town office, said vacancy shall be filled by the action of that body or person authorized by law to appoint or elect such officer for a term ending upon the election and qualification of his successor, unless otherwise provided. Unless otherwise provided, at said next annual town election, the voters of the town shall then elect an officer for the full term provided by law or the balance of an unexpired term provided by law, as the case may be. If a town then refuses or neglects to fill said office, a vacancy shall be deemed again to exist.||II. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to empower a town to find that a vacancy exists, in the case of a contested election or recount, until the rendering of a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction or by the ballot law commission as to such contested election in accordance with RSA 652:12, V, or until the recount has been concluded.||III. For the purposes of paragraph I, and with respect to those offices elected by official, non-partisan ballot, the term "next annual town election" shall mean the next annual town election for which the nomination filing period, as set forth in RSA 669:19, begins subsequent to the occurrence of the vacancy. Any vacancy which occurs between the beginning of the filing period and the town election shall not be filled by official ballot until the annual town election the following year.||IV. The legislative body of a town may adopt or rescind the optional procedure in this paragraph for filling vacancies in elective town offices. If the authorized person or body does not make an appointment to fill the vacancy pursuant to paragraph I within 45 days after at least one legally-qualified person has applied in writing for such appointment, then upon the filing of a petition with the selectmen signed by the number of voters required under RSA 39:3 for the warning of a special town meeting, presented not less than 90 days before the next annual town meeting, the selectmen shall call a special election to fill the vacancy. The special election shall be subject to the provisions of RSA 39:3 and other applicable provisions governing town elections. The person elected at the special election shall serve for a term ending upon the election and qualification of his or her successor. Unless otherwise provided, at the next annual town election, the voters of the town shall elect an officer for the full term provided by law or the balance of an unexpired term provided by law, as the case may be. If the town then refuses or neglects to fill the office, a vacancy shall be deemed again to exist.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 1981, 520:4. 1994, 112:2. 2008, 267:1, eff. Aug. 25, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:62 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:62 - Moderator.

    669:62 Moderator. –||Vacancies in the office of town moderator shall be filled by appointment made by the supervisors of the checklist of said town, or by the town selectmen, where no board of supervisors exists.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:63 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:63 - Selectmen.

    669:63 Selectmen. –||Vacancies in the board of selectmen shall be filled by appointment made by the remaining selectmen. Whenever the selectmen fail to make such appointment, the superior court or any justice thereof, on petition of any citizen of the town, and after such notice as the court shall deem reasonable, may appoint a suitable person to fill the vacancy; provided, however, that if the town has adopted the provisions of RSA 669:61, IV, and a petition thereunder is submitted before the submission of a petition under this section, the provisions of RSA 669:61, IV shall apply.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 2008, 267:2, eff. Aug. 25, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:64 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:64 - Supervisors of the Checklist.

    669:64 Supervisors of the Checklist. –||Vacancies in the board of supervisors shall be filled within 45 days by appointment made by the remaining supervisors. If there is only one member of the board, or if the whole board shall be vacant, or if the remaining supervisors fail to fill the vacancy within 45 days, the moderator shall make the appointments. If a town elects supervisors by means of the partisan ballot system, any such appointee shall be of the same political party as the supervisor whose place he is filling.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979. 2017, 72:1, eff. Aug. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:65 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:65 - Town Clerk.

    669:65 Town Clerk. –||Vacancies in the office of town clerk shall be filled by appointment made by the selectmen except in towns in which pursuant to RSA 41:18 the selectmen have previously appointed a deputy town clerk, in which case the deputy shall serve as town clerk until the next annual town election, unless the deputy does not have his or her domicile in the town, in which case the vacancy shall be filled by appointment made by the selectmen.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 2000, 308:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2002 at 12:01 a.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:65-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:65-a - Repealed by 2000, 308:6, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.

    669:65-a Repealed by 2000, 308:6, eff. Jan. 1, 2002. –|
NH Rev Stat § 669:66 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:66 - Town Clerk-Tax Collector.

    669:66 Town Clerk-Tax Collector. –||If a vacancy in the office of town clerk-tax collector occurs, the deputy provided for in RSA 41:45-c shall discharge the duties of the town clerk-tax collector until the selectmen fill the position of town clerk-tax collector within 30 days.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 1983, 30:5, eff. July 11, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:67 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:67 - Tax Collector.

    669:67 Tax Collector. –||If a vacancy in the office of tax collector occurs before the incumbent thereof has completed the collection of the taxes committed to him, or if the collector is removed from office pursuant to RSA 41:40, the deputy tax collector provided for in RSA 41:38 shall discharge the duties of the tax collector until the selectmen fill the position of tax collector within 30 days.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 1983, 30:3, eff. July 11, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:68 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:68 - Town Auditors.

    669:68 Town Auditors. –||Vacancies in the office of town auditor shall be filled by appointment made by the supervisors of the checklist. If a supervisor is also the town treasurer, he shall abstain from the decision on the appointment, and the other supervisors shall make the appointment.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 1987, 276:8, eff. July 24, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:69 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:69 - Town Treasurer.

    669:69 Town Treasurer. –||Vacancies in the office of town treasurer shall be filled by appointment made by the selectmen except in towns in which, pursuant to RSA 41:29-a, the treasurer has appointed a deputy treasurer, in which case the deputy shall serve as town treasurer until the next annual town election.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:70 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:70 - Municipal Planning Boards.

    669:70 Municipal Planning Boards. –||Vacancies in the membership and alternates of a town's municipal planning board shall be filled as provided in RSA 673:11 and 673:12.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:71 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:71 - Municipal Budget Committee.

    669:71 Municipal Budget Committee. –||Vacancies on the municipal budget committee shall be filled in accordance with RSA 32:15, VII.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 1993, 332:6, eff. Aug. 28, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:72 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:72 - Municipal Utility Commissioners.

    669:72 Municipal Utility Commissioners. –||Vacancies on a board of municipal utility commissioners shall be filled by the remaining members.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:73 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:73 - Trustee of the Trust Fund.

    669:73 Trustee of the Trust Fund. –||Vacancies in the office of trustee of the trust fund shall be filled by appointment made by the board of selectmen for the remainder of the unexpired term.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:74 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:74 - Highway Agents.

    669:74 Highway Agents. –||Vacancies in the office of elected highway agents shall be filled by appointment made by the board of selectmen for the remainder of the unexpired term.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:75 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:75 - Vacancies in Other Offices.

    669:75 Vacancies in Other Offices. –||Vacancies in the offices of constable, sewer commissioner, town assessor, overseers of public welfare, library trustee, and any other optional offices where no other method of filling a vacancy shall be provided by vote of the town shall be filled by appointment made by the board of selectmen.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 670:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 670 - Village District Elections|Section 670:1 - Election Dates.

    670:1 Election Dates. –||The election of village district officers shall be conducted at the annual meeting of the village district which shall be held between January 1 and May 1 of each year. In the case of a district formed for the purpose of impoundment of water, such annual meeting may be held at another time if so voted at a previous meeting.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 1981, 375:3, eff. Aug. 22, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 670:1-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 670 - Village District Elections|Section 670:1-a - Rescheduling of Village District Elections.

    670:1-a Rescheduling of Village District Elections. –||In the case of a village district that includes voters from 2 or more towns and holds its elections in conjunction with town elections, in the event of a weather or other emergency as described in RSA 669:1, V, the town moderators in each town shall, as described in RSA 669:1, coordinate to reschedule the town and village district elections as provided in that section.|||Source. 2019, 192:9, eff. July 10, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 670:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 670 - Village District Elections|Section 670:2 - Officers Elected.

    670:2 Officers Elected. –||The voters of each village district shall, at each annual village district election, elect a moderator, a clerk, 3 commissioners, a treasurer, and such other officers as may be directed by law or as the voters thereof may judge necessary for managing the district's affairs. Any village district voting to do so may elect one commissioner to serve for one year, one to serve for 2 years and one to serve for 3 years and, at every annual meeting thereafter, elect one commissioner to serve for 3 years. A village district officer shall assume office upon his election and qualification for office, and shall serve until the election and qualification of his successor.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 670:2-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 670 - Village District Elections|Section 670:2-a - Optional Election of Commissioners in Districts Within the Towns of Merrimack and Hooksett.

    670:2-a Optional Election of Commissioners in Districts Within the Towns of Merrimack and Hooksett. –||I. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 670:2, any village district within the town of Merrimack or the town of Hooksett may at any annual meeting under an article in the warrant for the meeting elect 5 rather than 3 commissioners by a majority vote of the legal voters present and voting at the annual meeting in the manner provided in paragraph II.||II. Upon written petition of 25 voters qualified to vote in a village district election and whose names are on the village district checklist, or 2 percent of such voters, whichever number is fewer, addressed and delivered to the commissioners not later than 35 days before any annual meeting, the following question shall be submitted to the voters at the meeting: "Are you in favor of increasing the number of commissioners from 3 to 5?" In districts having an official ballot, the question shall appear upon the ballot pursuant to RSA 670:7. In districts where no official ballot is used, the vote on this question shall be by special ballot. After the question, squares with the words "yes" and "no" shall be printed on the ballot in which the voter may mark his choice pursuant to RSA 670:7.||III. A village district which votes to increase the number of commissioners as provided in paragraph II may rescind its action in the same manner, except that the question shall read: "Are you in favor of decreasing the number of commissioners from 5 to 3 members?"||IV. If a district votes to increase or to decrease the number of commissioners, the change shall not take effect in either case until the first annual meeting following the meeting at which the question was acted upon.||(a) If the village district votes to increase the number of commissioners to 5, and its commissioners serve 3-year terms, at the first annual meeting following the vote the village district shall elect 2 commissioners for 3-year terms, and one commissioner for a one-year term. At the next annual meeting, the village district shall elect 2 commissioners for 3-year terms.||(b) If the village district votes to increase the number of commissioners to 5 and its commissioners serve one-year terms, at the first annual meeting following the vote, the village district shall elect 5 commissioners for one-year terms.||(c) At succeeding annual elections the village district shall fill commissioner vacancies as they regularly occur.||(d) If a village district votes to decrease its commissioners to 3, at the annual meeting following the vote, the terms of office of all the commissioners shall end and the village district shall elect 3 commissioners, as provided in RSA 670:2.|||Source. 1986, 13:1, eff. June 17, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 670:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 670 - Village District Elections|Section 670:3 - Voters and Checklists.

    670:3 Voters and Checklists. –||Any person having his or her domicile within the village district and qualified to vote as provided in RSA 654:1 through 654:6 and whose name is on the village district checklist shall be entitled to vote in any village district election. An updated checklist shall be used at all village district elections and meetings for the same purposes as checklists are used by towns as provided in RSA 669:5. Such checklist or checklists, if the district is located in more than one town, shall be used in the election of district officers.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 1985, 120:1. 1993, 163:1. 1994, 218:5. 2010, 317:67, eff. July 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 670:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 670 - Village District Elections|Section 670:4 - Nominations.

    670:4 Nominations. –||To become a candidate for any village district office, a person must have a domicile in the village district. In any village district which has voted to elect district officers by non-partisan official ballot as provided in RSA 669:13, all candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy with the village district clerk, in the same manner as with the town clerk in town elections as provided in RSA 669:19-669:22.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 1991, 254:11, eff. Aug. 9, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 670:4-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 670 - Village District Elections|Section 670:4-a - Filing Candidacy.

    670:4-a Filing Candidacy. –||No person shall file as a candidate for a village district office for more than one seat on the same village district or school district board, commission, committee, or council.|||Source. 1992, 96:6, eff. April 24, 1992.|