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NH Rev Stat § 670:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 670 - Village District Elections|Section 670:5 - Warrant.

    670:5 Warrant. –||Village district elections shall be warned by the commissioners in the same manner as town elections are warned by the selectmen as provided in RSA 669:2 and RSA 39. The commissioners shall give the supervisors of the checklist 60 days notice of any village district election.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979. 2016, 116:1, eff. July 19, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 670:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 670 - Village District Elections|Section 670:6 - Absentee Voting.

    670:6 Absentee Voting. –||A village district which has voted to elect officers by non-partisan official ballot as provided in RSA 670:7 shall provide for absentee voting in the same manner as in town elections as provided in RSA 669:26-669:29 except that all duties performed therein by the town clerk shall be performed by the village district clerk.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 670:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 670 - Village District Elections|Section 670:7 - Ballot Systems.

    670:7 Ballot Systems. –||A village district may vote to adopt the non-partisan official ballot system for the election of district officers in the same manner as towns, as provided in RSA 669:13 in which case it shall be subject to the provisions of RSA 669:13 and 669:19-669:24. A village district which has not adopted the non-partisan ballot system but which votes to elect district officers by ballot shall be subject to the provisions of RSA 669:54-669:60 for the unofficial ballot system in towns. No village district may vote to adopt a partisan ballot system.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 1987, 276:9, eff. July 24, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 670:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 670 - Village District Elections|Section 670:8 - Non-Ballot Voting.

    670:8 Non-Ballot Voting. –||A village district may vote to elect district officers by ballot or other means at the village district election or meeting in the same manner as towns as provided in RSA 669:17.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 1987, 276:9, eff. July 24, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 670:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 670 - Village District Elections|Section 670:9 - Report to Commissioner of Revenue Administration.

    670:9 Report to Commissioner of Revenue Administration. –||After the village district election, the clerk of a village district shall forthwith report the names and post office addresses of all village district officers to the commissioner of revenue administration. If any village district officer has not been elected or appointed at the time of the election, the village district clerk shall inform the commissioner of revenue administration of the name and mailing address of the person chosen to fill the position.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 670:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 670 - Village District Elections|Section 670:10 - Tie Votes.

    670:10 Tie Votes. –||If the 2 candidates having the highest number of votes for a village district office shall have an equal number, the successful candidate shall be chosen in the same manner as is provided for resolving tie votes under RSA 669:36 or 60.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 670:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 670 - Village District Elections|Section 670:11 - Recounts.

    670:11 Recounts. –||Recounts of village district elections shall be conducted in the same manner as in town elections as provided in RSA 669:30-669:35 except that the board of recount shall be composed of the village district clerk, moderator and commissioners, each of whom shall perform the duties of the corresponding officer in the town.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 670:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 670 - Village District Elections|Section 670:12 - Vacancies.

    670:12 Vacancies. –||The commissioners shall make appointments to fill vacancies in the offices of village district clerk, moderator, and treasurer, and their own board. In the case of a vacancy in the office of commissioner with a 2- or 3-year term, the remaining commissioners shall make an appointment to fill said vacancy until the next annual meeting of the district, at which time a commissioner shall be elected to fill the unexpired term.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 671:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 671 - School District Elections|Section 671:1 - Applicability.

    671:1 Applicability. –||The officers of all school districts, including cooperative school districts, shall be elected according to the provisions of this chapter.|||Source. 1979, 321:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 671:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 671 - School District Elections|Section 671:2 - Election Dates.

    671:2 Election Dates. –||School district officers shall be elected either at the town meeting as provided in RSA 671:22-26 or at an annual meeting of the district held between the dates set forth in RSA 197:1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no election for school district officers shall be held in conjunction with the biennial election. The prohibition in this section against holding an election for school district officers in conjunction with the biennial election shall not apply to the election of the board of education members of the Concord union school district as provided in 1961, 355 as amended by 1983, 123, or any successor charter thereto, or to the election of the Laconia board of education members as provided in section 9:01 of the city charter of Laconia as amended by 1975, 357.|||Source. 1979, 321:1. 1981, 250:4. 1991, 370:8. 2004, 254:10. 2011, 255:2, eff. Sept. 11, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 671:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 671 - School District Elections|Section 671:3 - Term of Office.

    671:3 Term of Office. –||Except as otherwise provided, the term of any officer elected under the provisions of this chapter shall begin upon the officer's election and qualification for office and shall end upon the election and qualification of the officer's successor.|||Source. 1979, 321:1. 1997, 176:1, eff. Aug. 11, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 671:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 671 - School District Elections|Section 671:4 - Board.

    671:4 Board. –||A school district which is not a cooperative school district as defined in RSA 195:1 may have a school board of 3, 5, 7, or 9 members, as it shall determine by vote at any annual meeting. They shall serve for a term of 3 years. Insofar as possible, an equal number of the members shall be elected at each school district election. Whenever such a district determines to change the number of board members, it shall also determine the number of members to be elected each year. Such change shall not take effect until the school district election in the year next following the one in which the change is voted. The board will increase or decrease in membership so that there will always be an uneven number of members until the desired number is reached. The school board of a district which does not otherwise vote shall have 3 members.|||Source. 1979, 321:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 671:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 671 - School District Elections|Section 671:5 - Auditors.

    671:5 Auditors. –||At each district election, each district which is not a cooperative school district as defined in RSA 195:1 shall elect one or more auditors. In a district voting to elect 2 or more auditors, their terms shall be staggered so that one auditor shall be elected each year for a term of office of the same number of years as there are auditors; provided, however, that, in the first year, the auditors shall be chosen for varying terms so that the term of one auditor shall expire in the next succeeding year, the term of the second auditor, the next year, and so on for the number of years as there are number of auditors. When voters of the district direct the school board to request an audit by independent public accountants from outside the district, they shall not be required to choose auditors for the year covered by said audit.|||Source. 1979, 321:1. 2010, 262:2, eff. Sept. 4, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 671:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 671 - School District Elections|Section 671:6 - Other Officers.

    671:6 Other Officers. –||Except as provided under RSA 671:6-a, at each school district election, each school district which is not a cooperative school district as defined in RSA 195:1 shall elect a school district clerk, moderator, treasurer, and such optional officers as the voters of the district shall have voted to elect to manage the affairs of the district. The moderator shall take office upon the adjournment of the regular school district meeting held in the year of the moderator's election and upon the moderator's qualification for office, whichever is later. The treasurer shall take office upon the close of the fiscal year for the district and upon the treasurer's qualification for office, whichever is later. An optional officer may not be elected by official ballot until the annual district election first following the establishment of the office. The school district may, by vote, determine to elect a temporary officer or authorize the school board to appoint a temporary officer to serve until the next annual district election.|||Source. 1979, 321:1. 1981, 285:2. 1997, 176:2, eff. Aug. 11, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 671:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 671 - School District Elections|Section 671:7 - Cooperative School District Planning Committee.

    671:7 Cooperative School District Planning Committee. –||Any school district which votes at any annual or special district meeting to create a cooperative school district planning committee under RSA 195:18 shall elect the members of said committee as provided in RSA 195:18.|||Source. 1979, 321:1. 1996, 158:16, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 671:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 671 - School District Elections|Section 671:8 - Composition of Cooperative School Boards.

    671:8 Composition of Cooperative School Boards. –||The number, composition, method of selection, and terms of members of cooperative school boards shall be as provided in the bylaws or articles of agreement of the cooperative school district, as the case may be, in accordance with RSA 195:19-a.|||Source. 1979, 321:1. 1996, 158:16, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 671:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 671 - School District Elections|Section 671:9 - Reapportionment.

    671:9 Reapportionment. –||Any cooperative school district organized under any of the provisions of RSA 195 or pursuant to any special act may at any regular or special meeting vote to change the number, composition, method of selection, and terms of office of members on the board of the district in accordance with the provisions of RSA 195:19-b.|||Source. 1979, 321:1. 1996, 158:16, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 671:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 671 - School District Elections|Section 671:10 - Budget Committee Members.

    671:10 Budget Committee Members. –||The voters of any cooperative school district which has voted at a previous meeting to elect a budget committee under RSA 195:12-a shall elect members of the budget committee as provided in RSA 195:12-a.|||Source. 1979, 321:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 671:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 671 - School District Elections|Section 671:11 - Moderator.

    671:11 Moderator. –||Except as provided under RSA 671:11-a, at every school district election, a cooperative school district shall elect a moderator and such other officers as the voters of the district have voted to elect to manage the district's affairs. Any optional officers shall be chosen as provided in RSA 671:6.|||Source. 1979, 321:1. 1999, 75:1, eff. July 27, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 671:11-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 671 - School District Elections|Section 671:11-a - Optional Term for Moderator.

    671:11-a Optional Term for Moderator. –||I. At any annual school district meeting under an article in the warrant placed there by petition, the voters may vote to determine if they are in favor of having 2-year or 3-year terms for the moderator. If the school district has adopted an official ballot, the clerk shall cause the following question to be printed on said ballot: "Are you in favor of changing the term of the moderator from one year to (here insert term option) years, beginning with the term of the moderator to be elected at next year's regular school district meeting?" Said question shall be printed in the form prescribed by RSA 656:13. If the school district has not adopted an official ballot, the clerk shall cause the same question to be printed upon special ballots which shall be used to determine the vote of the school district. If a majority of those voting on the question vote in favor of 2-year or 3-year terms, at the next annual meeting after the vote of approval, the school district shall elect a moderator for a 2-year or 3-year term in accordance with the results of such vote.||II. After the 2-year or 3-year term for moderator has been established, at any annual school district meeting held the year before the end of the 2-year or 3-year term, under an article in the warrant placed there by petition, the voters may vote to determine if they are in favor of changing the 2-year or 3-year term for the moderator. If the school district has adopted an official ballot, the clerk shall cause the following question to be printed on said ballot: "Are you in favor of changing the term of the moderator from (here insert term option) years to (here insert term option) year(s), beginning with the term of the moderator who shall be elected at next year's regular school district meeting?" The question shall be printed in the form prescribed by RSA 656:13. If the school district has not adopted an official ballot, the clerk shall cause the same question to be printed upon special ballots which shall be used to determine the vote of the school district. If a majority of those voting on the question vote in favor of changing the term, at the next annual school district meeting, the voters shall elect the moderator in accordance with the result of such vote.||III. The term of the moderator shall be for one year, 2 years, or 3 years.||IV. The power of choosing one-year, 2-year, or 3-year terms for the moderator shall not extend to any other officers of the school district.|||Source. 1999, 75:2, eff. July 27, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 671:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 671 - School District Elections|Section 671:12 - First Meeting.

    671:12 First Meeting. –||The organizational meeting of a cooperative school district shall be conducted in accordance with RSA 195:18, IX.|||Source. 1979, 321:1. 1996, 158:17, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 671:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 671 - School District Elections|Section 671:13 - Area School Planning Committee.

    671:13 Area School Planning Committee. –||Any school district which votes at any annual or special meeting to create and to elect an area school planning committee under RSA 195-A:3 shall, at the same meeting, elect the members of said committee.|||Source. 1979, 321:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 671:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 671 - School District Elections|Section 671:14 - Qualifications.

    671:14 Qualifications. –||Any person domiciled in the school district who is qualified to vote as provided in RSA 654:1 through 654:6 and who is on the school district checklist shall be entitled to vote at any school district election.|||Source. 1979, 321:1. 1997, 176:4. 2010, 317:68, eff. July 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 671:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 671 - School District Elections|Section 671:15 - Checklist.

    671:15 Checklist. –||An updated checklist shall be used at all school district elections and meetings for the same purposes as checklists are used by towns as provided in RSA 669:5. The supervisors of the town checklist, acting as supervisors of the school district checklist, shall correct, certify, and post the checklist for the district as provided in RSA 654:25-654:31.|||Source. 1979, 321:1. 1981, 571:4. 2003, 27:6, eff. July 1, 2003. 2017, 64:1, eff. Aug. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 671:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 671 - School District Elections|Section 671:16 - Repealed by 2017, 64:2, I, eff. Aug. 1, 2017.

    671:16 Repealed by 2017, 64:2, I, eff. Aug. 1, 2017. –|
NH Rev Stat § 671:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 671 - School District Elections|Section 671:17 - Special Provisions for Cooperative School Districts.

    671:17 Special Provisions for Cooperative School Districts. –||I. At the organizational meeting of the cooperative school district, the checklists for each pre-existing district shall be used in accordance with RSA 195:19-c. The school board of any pre-existing district which does not have a checklist shall make a list of the legal voters in the district for use at such meeting as supervisors are required to do in towns as provided in RSA 654:25-654:31. Thereafter, the cooperative school board shall make, correct and post a list of the legal voters of the cooperative school district acting as supervisors are required to do; except that such list shall indicate with respect to each voter the pre-existing district in which the voter is domiciled. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, whenever each of the pre-existing school districts is coextensive with the town in which it is located, the cooperative school district may, at an annual cooperative school district meeting, under an article in the warrant for such meeting, vote that the supervisors of each town, acting as the supervisors of the cooperative school district, shall make, correct and post in each pre-existing district a checklist of the voters in each pre-existing district and shall certify to the same acting as supervisors of the cooperative school district and shall attend the cooperative school district meeting. At each cooperative school district election, the checklists prepared by the supervisors in each pre-existing district in accordance with this section shall be used.||II. An updated checklist shall be used at all cooperative school district elections and meetings for the same purposes as checklists are used by towns as provided in RSA 669:5.||III. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any registered voter on a town or city checklist, domiciled within a cooperative school district, shall be eligible to vote at any cooperative school district election or meeting in the district where the voter is domiciled. The supervisors of the checklists for the various cities and towns within a cooperative school district shall make an appropriate notation on their respective checklists with respect to which school district a registered voter is entitled to vote in.||IV. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any cooperative school district, which uses the checklists of the cities and towns within the district for an election or meeting pursuant to paragraph III, shall not be required to maintain a separate school district checklist or conduct sessions of the supervisors of the checklist.|||Source. 1979, 321:1. 1981, 571:5. 1991, 220:1. 1996, 158:18. 1997, 176:5, eff. Aug. 11, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 671:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 671 - School District Elections|Section 671:18 - Qualifications.

    671:18 Qualifications. –||To become a candidate for any school district office, a person must be a registered voter in the district. No person holding the office of member of the school board shall at the same time hold the office of district moderator, treasurer, or auditor. No person employed on a salaried basis by a school administrative unit or by any school district within a school administrative unit shall be a school board member in any district of the school administrative unit. Salaried positions shall include, but are not limited to, the following: teacher, custodian, administrator, secretary, school bus driver (if paid by the district), school lunch worker and teacher's aide.|||Source. 1979, 321:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 671:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 671 - School District Elections|Section 671:19 - Filing.

    671:19 Filing. –||All the provisions of RSA 669:19-669:22 relative to filing for office and withdrawal of candidacy for a non-partisan town election shall apply to school district elections except that in those statutes where there is a reference to a town or a town clerk, it shall be read to refer to a school district or a school district clerk.|||Source. 1979, 321:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 671:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 671 - School District Elections|Section 671:20 - By School District Clerk.

    671:20 By School District Clerk. –||The school district clerk shall prepare ballots for school district elections in the same manner as town clerks for non-partisan town elections, as provided in RSA 669:23 and 669:24, except that the ballot shall be of a different color than any other ballot used at the election.|||Source. 1979, 321:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 671:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 671 - School District Elections|Section 671:21 - Absentee Voting.

    671:21 Absentee Voting. –||I. A school district shall provide for absentee voting in the same manner as towns as provided in RSA 669:26-669:29 except that all duties performed therein by the town clerk shall be performed by the school district clerk.||II. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph I, if any school district votes to elect its district officers by separate ballot at the town election as provided in RSA 671:22, II, then for either the town election or the school district election an application for an absentee ballot shall be sufficient in order to receive an absentee ballot for both the town election and the school district election. If a town adopts the provisions of RSA 671:22, II, all forms relative to applications for absentee ballots, all absentee ballots, and all returns of absentee ballots shall be made only available at and only returnable to, as applicable, the office of each town clerk of each town comprising the school district.||III. Each town clerk shall make facilities in the town clerk's office available for the school district clerk to perform school district functions in connection with absentee voting. It shall be the duty of the school district clerk to post a notice at the school district clerk's office informing voters that all absentee voting procedures for school district elections shall be handled only through the town clerk's office.|||Source. 1979, 321:1. 1983, 102:1. 1997, 176:6, eff. Aug. 11, 1997.|