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NH Rev Stat § 654:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:13 - Action by Supervisors.

    654:13 Action by Supervisors. –||I. If the supervisors decide to add the name of the applicant to the checklist, then they shall retain the original of the registration form for their own file, which shall be retained in accordance with RSA 33-A:3-a. If the applicant entered a place last registered to vote on the voter registration form, the supervisors shall enter that data into the statewide centralized voter registration database. Upon entry of the voter record in the statewide centralized voter registration database, the supervisors of the checklist in another New Hampshire city or town will receive notice through the statewide centralized voter registration database that the voter has moved.||II. If the supervisors decide not to add the name of the applicant to the checklist, they shall send notification in writing to the applicant within 7 days stating the reason for the denial. They shall write the word "REJECTED" and the date of rejection across the registration form. They shall retain the original registration form and a copy of the denial notification in accordance with RSA 33-A:3-a.||III. The secretary of state shall provide information on individuals who report being previously registered to vote out of state to the chief elections officer of that state. The secretary of state may use secure electronic information transfer. The secretary of state shall pursue establishing routine secure electronic transfers of this information between states. When electronic information transfer from another state occurs the supervisors of the checklist where the person is registered in New Hampshire will receive notice through the statewide centralized voter registration database that the voter has registered in another state. Unless the supervisors possess evidence that the notice is inaccurate, they shall remove the voter from the checklist as provided in RSA 654:36.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1987, 199:1. 2003, 289:51. 2010, 172:6, eff. Aug. 16, 2010. 2021, 175:1, eff. Sept. 28, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:13-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:13-a - Retention of Voter Registration Forms.

    654:13-a Retention of Voter Registration Forms. –||All voter registration forms and other records relating to voter registration shall be retained securely in a municipal office under the direction of the town or city clerk. Those forms and records shall be readily accessible to the supervisors of the checklist. Any voter registration document submitted at a meeting of the supervisors of the checklist or at the polling place shall be filed at the office of the town or city clerk within 10 days of the meeting or election at which it was submitted.|||Source. 2017, 237:1, eff. Sept. 16, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:14 - Complaint to Superior Court.

    654:14 Complaint to Superior Court. –||Any applicant may file, as provided in RSA 654:42, a complaint with the superior court stating that his name has been illegally kept from the checklist and asking to have his name added thereto for the reasons stated in the complaint.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:15 - Party Registration.

    654:15 Party Registration. –||Whenever names are added to the checklist the supervisors shall register the party membership of the voter if he desires such membership registered. The party membership of each voter may be registered by writing in ink, printing, or rubber stamping after the name of such voter the first 3 letters of the name of the party with which he registers.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1981, 308:1, eff. Aug. 15, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:16 - Applicability.

    654:16 Applicability. –||Any person who has his domicile in any town or city in this state and is qualified to vote therein at the next subsequent election to be held in said town or city except for the fact that his name does not appear on the checklist to be used at the election, and who is temporarily absent therefrom or who by reason of physical disability is unable to attend a meeting of the supervisors of the checklist, may cause his name to be added to such checklist by applying to the city or town clerk or the secretary of state for a voter registration form provided for in RSA 654:7 and an appropriate absentee registration affidavit provided for in RSA 654:17.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:18 - Forwarding.

    654:18 Forwarding. –||The voter registration form and the absentee registration affidavit shall be forwarded directly to the applicant by the city or town clerk or by the secretary of state.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1995, 124:2, eff. July 16, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:19 - Submission; Effect.

    654:19 Submission;  Effect. –||The applicant shall forward the absentee registration affidavit and the applicant's voter registration form to the clerk of the town or city named for submission to the supervisors of the checklist. If the supervisors find that the affidavit and the voter registration form are properly executed, they shall follow the procedure for applications made in person as provided in RSA 654:11, 654:13, and 654:15, except that in the case of an absentee voter they shall accept an absentee registration affidavit and a registration form.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1988, 73:1. 1995, 124:3. 2010, 317:6, eff. July 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:20 - Federal Post Card Application Form for UOCAVA Voters.

    654:20 Federal Post Card Application Form for UOCAVA Voters. –||As required by federal law, UOCAVA voters may apply to register to vote and apply for an absentee ballot using the federal official post card form prescribed by 42 U.S.C. section 1973ff(b)(2).|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1988, 209:2. 2003, 289:31. 2009, 214:2. 2010, 317:8, eff. July 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:21 - Repealed by 2010, 317:71, II, eff. July 18, 2010.

    654:21 Repealed by 2010, 317:71, II, eff. July 18, 2010. –|
NH Rev Stat § 654:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:22 - Repealed by 1988, 209:13, eff. June 28, 1988.

    654:22 Repealed by 1988, 209:13, eff. June 28, 1988. –|
NH Rev Stat § 654:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:23 - Effect.

    654:23 Effect. –||Unless the supervisors of the checklist shall be of the opinion that the federal post card applicant does not qualify as a UOCAVA voter in the city or town as provided in RSA 654:3, they shall, at their next session for the correction of the checklist subsequent to their receipt of such federal post card application properly executed, cause his or her name to be added to the checklist and, if the applicant is domiciled outside the United States, a mark or sign clearly indicating that the application has been entered on the checklist for the purpose of voting in federal elections only. Thereafter, if the person is domiciled outside the United States, he or she shall be entitled to vote by federal offices only absentee ballot at both federal primary and general elections. The supervisors shall retain the registration form in accordance with RSA 33-A:3-a and forward a copy of the form to the clerk. If the supervisors decide not to add the name of the applicant to the checklist, they shall send notification to the applicant in writing within 7 days stating the reason for that denial. The supervisors of the checklist shall write the word "REJECTED" and the date of rejection across the registration form. They shall retain the registration form and a copy of the denial notification in accordance with RSA 33-A:3-a.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1988, 73:2; 209:4. 2003, 289:52. 2010, 317:78, eff. Aug. 16, 2010 at 12:01 a.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:24 - Registration.

    654:24 Registration. –||Domiciliaries of unincorporated places shall register to vote as provided in RSA 668.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 2003, 289:32, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:25 - Preparing Checklist.

    654:25 Preparing Checklist. –||The secretary of state shall issue and distribute guidelines for the content, composition, and style of checklists and for the maintenance of data related to checklists by which the supervisors of the checklist shall compile and correct the checklist. Such guidelines shall specify the information which will be maintained and updated by the supervisors. The secretary shall establish standard forms and procedures for the use of the supervisors for the maintenance of such information. The information to be maintained and updated shall include the full name, domicile address, mailing address, and party affiliation, if any, of each voter on the checklist and such other information as the secretary requires. Every checklist used at any election shall at a minimum contain the full name, domicile address, mailing address, and party affiliation, if any, of each voter on the checklist. The paper checklists used by ballot clerks on election day need not include mailing addresses. The name and address of a voter shall not appear on the checklist at the request of the voter if the voter presents to the supervisors of the checklist a valid protective order pursuant to RSA 173-B. The name, domicile address, and mailing address, if different, of such a voter shall be maintained on a separate list of voters, which shall be nonpublic and not subject to RSA 91-A. If it is necessary to establish such a nonpublic list, the public checklist shall be marked at the end with a notation of the number of voters whose names are maintained on the nonpublic list.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1983, 429:1. 1987, 337:2. 1990, 119:2. 1991, 245:1. 1999, 240:6. 2003, 13:1. 2004, 229:4. 2010, 366:1, eff. July 23, 2010. 2018, 100:1, eff. July 24, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:26 - Posting Checklist.

    654:26 Posting Checklist. –||The supervisors shall make and post copies of the current checklist at the office of the town or city clerk or at the town hall not later than the fourth Tuesday before the day of any state election.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1987, 299:3. 1990, 119:3, eff. June 18, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:27 - Session for Correction.

    654:27 Session for Correction. –||In cities and towns, the supervisors of the checklist shall be in session for the correction of the checklist at some suitable place in the city or town on a day designated by the supervisors which shall be 6 to 13 days prior to the election and upon which all hearings shall be finally closed; provided that whenever more than one meeting is required within a 21-day period, the first required meeting may serve to fulfill the requirements of the remaining meetings. All sessions for the correction of the checklist shall be for no less than 30 minutes and at the discretion of the supervisors for additional hours. Notice of the day, hour, and place of each session of the board of supervisors shall be given upon the checklists first posted in 2 appropriate places one of which shall be the city or town's Internet website, if such exists, or shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city or town at least 7 days prior to each such session. The reconvening of any session which has been adjourned shall not require the publication of notice.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1990, 119:4. 1996, 36:1. 1998, 194:3. 2001, 272:1. 2003, 27:2, eff. July 1, 2003. 2016, 174:1, eff. Aug. 2, 2016; 259:1, eff. June 15, 2016; 259:4, eff. Aug. 2, 2016 at 12:01 a.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:28 - Procedure.

    654:28 Procedure. –||The supervisors of the checklist shall hear all applications for a correction of the checklist and the evidence submitted thereon and shall correct it according to their best knowledge so that it contains only the names of those persons qualified to vote at said election. The names of all persons not qualified to vote at the time of any session, but who shall clearly be qualified to vote on election day, may be added to the checklist at that session. No additions or corrections shall be made after the Saturday session, except as provided in RSA 659:12 or RSA 654:27. The additions and corrections resulting from such session shall be made to the previously posted checklist on or before midnight on the succeeding Friday either by additions or corrections to said checklist or by posting a new corrected checklist. Notice of such additions or corrections to the checklist shall also be given to the town or city clerk.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1983, 273:1; 426:23. 1990, 119:5. 1996, 36:2. 2001, 272:2. 2003, 27:3, eff. July 1, 2003. 2016, 174:1, eff. Aug. 2, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:29 - Certification of List.

    654:29 Certification of List. –||I. The supervisors shall subscribe and make oath to the following certificate on the checklist, as corrected by them: We, the supervisors of the checklist of the town (or ward) of __________ do solemnly swear that, according to our best knowledge, the within list contains __________ (number) names of those persons only who are, by actual domicile, legal voters in said town (or ward).||II. They shall file 2 true copies of the corrected list, attested by them, with the town clerk. The checklists so corrected shall be used at the election. Any person who swears falsely in making such certificate shall be guilty of perjury.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1981, 454:4. 1990, 119:6, eff. June 18, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:30 - Correcting Data Files.

    654:30 Correcting Data Files. –||After each state election, the supervisors shall use the checklist from such election to correct the standard data files to conform to any changes which are evident from the checklist. Information from the voter registration data file shall be available as provided in RSA 654:31-a.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 2004, 229:5, eff. Aug. 10, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:31-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:31-a - Right to Know Exemption.

    654:31-a Right to Know Exemption. –||The information contained on the checklist of a town or city, specifically, the name, domicile address, mailing address, town or city, and party affiliation, if any, of registered voters, except as otherwise provided by statute, is public information subject to RSA 91-A. All other information on the voter registration form, absentee registration affidavit, qualified voter affidavits, domicile affidavits, affidavit of religious exemption, application for absentee ballot, and contact information, including but not limited to a phone number and email address, provided to the secretary of state or other election officials for the purpose of receiving information about elections shall be treated as confidential information and the records containing this information shall be exempt from the public disclosure provisions of RSA 91-A, except as provided by statutes other than RSA 91-A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, qualified voter affidavits are public records subject to RSA 91-A for the sole purpose of challenging an individual registering to vote or voting, challenging ballots to be recounted, to the extent that such ballot challenges are specifically authorized by law, or determining the accuracy of any qualified voter affidavit. Election officials and law enforcement personnel in furtherance of their official duties may access and may disclose information from the voter registration form, qualified voter affidavits, affidavits of religious exemption, absentee registration affidavits, and applications for absentee ballots, if necessary to resolve a challenge to an individual registering to vote or voting, or if necessary to investigate or prosecute election law violations or any crime. Law enforcement access and use of such records for the investigation or prosecution of crimes unrelated to election law violations shall be limited to the records of the specific individuals who are the subject of the investigation or prosecution.|||Source. 2003, 289:53. 2006, 94:1; 305:3. 2009, 278:2. 2010, 366:3. 2012, 284:12, eff. Sept. 1, 2015. 2017, 205:10, eff. Sept. 8, 2017. 2019, 331:3, eff. Oct. 15, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:32 - Hearings on Alterations to Party Registration.

    654:32 Hearings on Alterations to Party Registration. –||Before each state or presidential primary election, the supervisors of the checklist shall be in session before each primary for the change of registration of legal voters as provided in RSA 654:34 or 654:34-a or both. Before the presidential primary, the session shall be on the Friday preceding the first day of the filing period, between 7:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and at the discretion of the supervisors for extended hours. Before the state primary election, the session shall be on Tuesday before the first Wednesday in June between 7:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and at the discretion of the supervisors for extended hours.|||Source. 1979, 400:2; 436:1. 1981, 308:2. 1983, 273:2. 1987, 219:1. 1994, 4:4. 2003, 27:4, eff. July 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:33 - Posting Copies; Notice of Sessions.

    654:33 Posting Copies;  Notice of Sessions. –||The supervisors shall post copies of the checklist, showing the persons in the town or ward entitled to vote, with their party registration, so far as such registration has been made, at the office of the town or city clerk or at the town hall at least 10 days prior to any session provided for in RSA 654:32; and notice of the date, hour and place of the session or sessions to revise such registration shall be given upon such checklist.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1990, 119:7, eff. June 18, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:34-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:34-a - Application to Town or City Clerk; Changes to be Forwarded.

    654:34-a Application to Town or City Clerk;  Changes to be Forwarded. –||I. A town or city shall permit changes in party affiliation to be registered with a town or city clerk.||II. In addition to the methods of changing party affiliation provided in RSA 654:34, any person whose name appears on the checklist of a town or ward may apply to the town or city clerk for the purpose of having his party affiliation changed. A person desiring to change his party affiliation shall state to the town or city clerk under oath or affirmation that:||(a) He intends to affiliate with and generally supports the party with which he offers to register; or||(b) He does not wish to be registered as a member of any party.||III. No application for a change of party affiliation shall be accepted on the day of a primary election, except as provided in RSA 654:34, I and II.||IV. Any application made under the provisions of this section shall be made during the regular office hours of the town or city clerk.||V. Town and city clerks shall have power to administer oaths to the applicants that appear before them for the purposes of this section.||VI. Any application made under the provisions of this section shall be signed and dated by the applicant.||VII. The town or city clerk shall present to the next meeting of the supervisors of the checklist, in accordance with the checklist guidelines as provided by RSA 654:25, the name of any person who made application to him or her for a change of party affiliation and the name of the party with which the person desires to be affiliated or that he or she desires to be affiliated with no party. The supervisors of the checklist shall cause the party affiliation of the applicant to be changed on the checklist. Any change submitted which is prohibited by the provisions of RSA 654:34, IV shall be kept by the supervisors until acted upon; and the change shall be made as soon as permitted by law. Forms shall be retained in accordance with RSA 33-A:3-a.|||Source. 1979, 400:1. 1981, 308:6. 1992, 287:5. 1994, 218:3. 2010, 172:9, eff. Aug. 16, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:34-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:34-b - Repealed by 1992, 287:4, eff. July 17, 1992.

    654:34-b Repealed by 1992, 287:4, eff. July 17, 1992. –|
NH Rev Stat § 654:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:35 - Corrected List.

    654:35 Corrected List. –||After a pre-primary session, the supervisors shall prepare a corrected checklist showing the registration of party members as corrected by them; and such checklist with the corrections that shall have been made in the sessions provided for in RSA 654:27 through 654:32 shall be used at the primary.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:36 - Reports of Transfer.

    654:36 Reports of Transfer. –||If the supervisors of the checklist have received a notice of transfer from any other state or from another board of supervisors of the checklist in the state of New Hampshire through the statewide centralized voter registration database that a voter whose name is on the checklist has been added to the checklist of some other town or city, they shall strike that name from the checklist at the next session for the correction of the checklist. They shall retain the notice in accordance with RSA 33-A:3-a as proof of their reasoning in striking the name from the checklist.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 2010, 172:10, eff. Aug. 16, 2010.|