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NH Rev Stat § 651-F:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 651-F - Information and Analysis Center|Section 651-F:4 - Management.

    651-F:4 Management. –||I. Persons working at the center shall be subject to background investigations and appropriate levels of security clearances. Security policies shall govern admittance to the center and the access to and release of data. The co-managers of the center shall develop and maintain an internal manual of procedures for persons working in the center. The manual shall be approved by the commissioner of the department of safety. Supplemental job descriptions for state personnel working within high security areas of the center shall include the requirement to obtain security clearances.||II. All personnel assigned to the center shall receive appropriate training for the functions they will perform.||III. The activities of the information and analysis center shall be budgeted as a specific activity code within the biennial budget of the department of safety and subject to the same level of program review and financial audit by the office of the legislative budget assistant as all other budgeted functions of state agencies.|||Source. 2010, 82:2, eff. May 19, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 651-F:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 651-F - Information and Analysis Center|Section 651-F:7 - Penalties.

    651-F:7 Penalties. –||I. Any person who purposely obtains, receives, uses, disseminates to an unauthorized individual, or retains any personally identifiable information on individuals in contravention of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a felony and subject to a fine of $1,000 for each such violation. Prosecutions under this section shall be the responsibility of the attorney general.||II. An aggrieved individual may bring suit for civil penalties for up to $10,000 or actual damages, whichever is greater, for a violation of this section, but no action against the state shall exceed the limits to which the state has waived its sovereign immunity. The court may also award court costs and reasonable attorney's fees.|||Source. 2010, 82:2, eff. May 19, 2010; 208:7, eff. Aug. 24, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 651-F:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 651-F - Information and Analysis Center|Section 651-F:8 - Audit Requirement and Disclosure.

    651-F:8 Audit Requirement and Disclosure. –||The department of safety shall maintain and conduct periodic audits of data access performed by personnel assigned to the center at least annually. The audit shall consist of a review of authorized credentials of persons accessing the data, a random sampling of data input quality and the type and reason for data access, and a review of the policy and procedures that govern data entry, access, and purging. The department shall report its findings in an annual report to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the governor, the intelligence subcommittee of the advisory council on emergency preparedness and security established under RSA 21-P:48, the attorney general, and the representative of the civil liberties organization designated under RSA 651-F:3, II.|||Source. 2010, 82:2, eff. May 19, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:1 - Election.

    652:1 Election. –||"Election" shall mean the choosing of a public officer or of a delegate to a party convention or the nominating of a candidate for public office by voters by means of a direct vote conducted under the election laws. The term does not include caucuses or conventions. The types of elections are further defined in this chapter.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:2 - Regular Election, Special Election.

    652:2 Regular Election, Special Election. –||"Regular election" shall mean an election required to be held periodically under the election laws, a city charter, or a local by-law, and which is held in accordance with the same. Any other election shall be a "special election." As used in the election laws, "election" shall mean a regular election.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:3 - State Election.

    652:3 State Election. –||"State election" shall mean an election to choose a federal, state, or county officer or a delegate to a party convention or to nominate a candidate for federal, state or county office. The 3 types of state elections are defined in RSA 652:4, 652:5 and 652:6.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:4 - State General Election.

    652:4 State General Election. –||"State general election" shall mean an election to choose a federal, state, or county officer.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:5 - State Primary Election.

    652:5 State Primary Election. –||"State primary election" shall mean an election to nominate a candidate for federal, state, or county office or to choose a delegate to a state party convention.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:6 - Presidential Primary Election.

    652:6 Presidential Primary Election. –||"Presidential primary election" shall mean an election to choose delegates to a national party convention.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:7 - Town Election.

    652:7 Town Election. –||"Town election" shall mean an election to choose a town officer.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:8 - City Election.

    652:8 City Election. –||"City election" shall mean an election to choose a city officer.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:9 - School District Election.

    652:9 School District Election. –||"School district election" shall mean an election to choose a school district officer.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:10 - Village District Election.

    652:10 Village District Election. –||"Village district election" shall mean an election to choose a village district officer.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:11 - Party.

    652:11 Party. –||"Party" shall mean any political organization which at the preceding state general election received at least 4 percent of the total number of votes cast for any one of the following: the office of governor or the offices of United States senators.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1997, 253:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:12 - Vacancy.

    652:12 Vacancy. –||A "vacancy" shall occur in a public office if, subsequent to his or her election and prior to the completion of his or her term, the person elected to that office:||I. Either dies, resigns, or ceases to have domicile in the state or the district from which he or she was elected; or||II. Is determined by a court having jurisdiction to be insane or mentally incompetent; or||III. Is convicted of a crime which disqualifies him or her from holding office; or||IV. Fails or refuses to take the oath of office within the period prescribed in RSA 42:6 or to give or renew an official bond if required by law; or||V. Has his or her election voided by court decision or ballot law commission decision; or||VI. Is a member of the general court of New Hampshire and a member of a military reserve or national guard unit; and||(a) The member was called to serve in an emergency; and||(b) Service in such unit causes the member to be unable to perform his or her legislative duties, as determined by the house of representatives in the case of a member of the house of representatives and by the senate in the case of a member of the senate, for longer than 180 consecutive days; and||(c) The selectmen of any town or ward in the district from which the member is elected request of the governor and council that the office be declared vacant.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1991, 216:1. 1994, 70:5. 2003, 22:2, eff. April 24, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:13 - Federal Election.

    652:13 Federal Election. –||"Federal election" shall mean any state general, special, or primary election held solely or in part for the purpose of choosing or nominating any candidates for the offices of president, vice-president, United States senator, or United States representative. For federal ballot only voters domiciled outside the United States who are eligible to vote in federal elections as provided in RSA 657:2, "federal election" shall also include any presidential primary election.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1983, 176:1. 1986, 126:1. 2010, 317:2, eff. July 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:14 - Election Officer.

    652:14 Election Officer. –||"Election officer" shall mean any moderator, deputy moderator, assistant moderator, town clerk, deputy town clerk, city clerk, deputy city clerk, ward clerk, selectman, supervisor of the checklist, registrar, or deputy registrar.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 2003, 289:48, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:14-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:14-a - Repealed by 2021, 177:2, Pt. I, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 28, 2021.

    652:14-a Repealed by 2021, 177:2, Pt. I, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 28, 2021. –|
NH Rev Stat § 652:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:15 - Supervisors of the Checklist.

    652:15 Supervisors of the Checklist. –||The term "supervisors of the checklist" shall include any board of registrars or similar body performing the functions of registering voters and correcting the checklist in cities.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:16 - Town.

    652:16 Town. –||The term "town" shall include wards in cities.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:16-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:16-a - Undeclared Voter.

    652:16-a Undeclared Voter. –||The term "undeclared voter" shall mean a voter who is registered as a member of no political party.|||Source. 1993, 193:1, eff. Aug. 8, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:16-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:16-b - UOCAVA Voters.

    652:16-b UOCAVA Voters. –||"UOCAVA voters" shall mean absent uniformed services voters, absent voters temporarily residing outside the United States, and federal ballot only voters domiciled outside the United States as described in RSA 654:3.|||Source. 2010, 317:3, eff. July 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:16-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:16-c - Absent Uniformed Services Voters.

    652:16-c Absent Uniformed Services Voters. –||"Absent uniformed services voters" shall mean persons who are absent from the places of residence in New Hampshire where they are otherwise qualified to vote who are:||I. Members of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and National Guard, the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, and all regular and reserve components thereof, while in active service.||II. Members of the Merchant Marine of the United States, including individuals (other than members of a uniformed service or individuals employed, enrolled, or maintained on the Great Lakes or the inland waterways):||(a) Employed as officers or crew members of vessels documented under the laws of the United States, or of vessels owned by the United States, or of vessels of foreign-flag registry under charter to or control of the United States; or||(b) Enrolled with the United States for employment, or for training for employment, or maintained by the United States for emergency relief service, as officers or crew members of any such vessel.||III. The spouses or dependents of any member described in paragraph I or II who, by reason of the active duty or service of the member, is absent from the place of residence in New Hampshire where the spouse or dependent is otherwise qualified to vote.|||Source. 2010, 317:3, eff. July 18, 2010. 2016, 183:1, eff. Aug. 2, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:16-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:16-d - Accessible Voting System.

    652:16-d Accessible Voting System. –||"Accessible voting system" shall mean the system chosen by the state to meet the accessibility for individuals with disabilities requirements of section 301 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, 42 U.S.C. section 15481, that has the capacity to print a paper ballot marked with the votes chosen by the voter.|||Source. 2010, 317:3, eff. July 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:16-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:16-e - Business Session.

    652:16-e Business Session. –||"Business session" means, in a town that has not adopted the provisions of RSA 40:13, the session of a town meeting at which voters discuss, deliberate, and vote on matters other than the election of officers by official ballot and other questions that are placed on the official ballot.|||Source. 2019, 192:4, eff. July 10, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:16-f (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:16-f - Deliberative Session.

    652:16-f Deliberative Session. –||"Deliberative session" means the first session of a meeting in a town that has adopted the provisions of RSA 40:13.|||Source. 2019, 192:4, eff. July 10, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:16-g (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:16-g - Official Ballot Voting Day.

    652:16-g Official Ballot Voting Day. –||"Official ballot voting day" means the day on which voters in a town vote on the election of officers or other questions authorized by law to be voted on by official ballot, or both, in compliance with the procedures for elections for the partisan official ballot system as set forth in RSA 669:12 or the nonpartisan official ballot system as set forth in RSA 669:19 through RSA 669:22, RSA 670:5 through RSA 670:7, and RSA 671:20 through RSA 671:30, including all requirements pertaining to absentee voting, the polling place, and polling hours.|||Source. 2019, 192:4, eff. July 10, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:16-h (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:16-h - Electioneering.

    652:16-h Electioneering. –||Electioneering means visibly displaying or audibly disseminating information that a reasonable person would believe explicitly advocates for or against any candidate, political party, or measure being voted. Electioneering includes, but is not limited to:||I. Wearing clothing or paraphernalia that displays a candidate's name, likeness, or logo, a ballot measure's number, title, subject, or logo, a political party's name or logo, or any communication that a reasonable person would believe explicitly advocates for or against any candidate, political party, or measure, provided that a person eligible to vote or register to vote in the voting district who is unable to remove or cover clothing that explicitly advocates for or against any candidate, political party, or measure, may wear such clothing in the polling place while actively engaged in the process of registering to vote or while actively engaged in the process of voting.||II. Distributing or posting a card, handbill, poster, placard, picture, pin, sticker, circular, or any other form of communication that a reasonable person would believe explicitly advocates for or against any candidate, political party, or measure.|||Source. 2020, 36:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:17 - Uniform System.

    652:17 Uniform System. –||For the purposes of the election laws, a uniform system of computation of time shall be maintained.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:18 - Days Included and Excluded.

    652:18 Days Included and Excluded. –||I. Except where specifically stated to the contrary, when a period or limit of time is to be reckoned from a day or date, that day or date shall be excluded from and the day on which an act should occur shall be included in the computation of the period or limit of time.||II. Whenever the election laws refer to a period or limit of time, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays shall be included, except as provided in paragraph I. However, when the last day for performing any act under the election laws is a Saturday, Sunday or official state holiday, the act required shall be deemed to be duly performed if it is performed on the following business day.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1994, 4:2, eff. May 27, 1994; 348:2, eff. July 1, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:19 - Repealed by 1994, 348:3, eff. July 1, 1994.

    652:19 Repealed by 1994, 348:3, eff. July 1, 1994. –|
NH Rev Stat § 652:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:20 - End of Day.

    652:20 End of Day. –||Whenever the election laws require a filing with or an action by an official, such filing or action shall be performed before 5 o'clock in the afternoon of the stipulated day. During the afternoon of the stipulated day, the school district clerk or his designee, or the town clerk or his designee, shall arrange his time so as to be available between the hours of 3 o'clock and 5 o'clock.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1985, 7:1, eff. May 31, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:21 - Authority; Format.

    652:21 Authority;  Format. –||Prior to the state primary election, the secretary of state with the advice and approval of the attorney general shall prepare a political calendar for state and town elections setting forth the dates when action required under the election laws must be taken. Any action taken by any candidate or official in connection with the election laws which shall be taken in accordance with the dates set forth in said calendar shall be deemed to be duly performed for the purposes of the election laws. The expense of printing said political calendar shall be a charge upon the appropriation for the office of the secretary of state.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:22 - Authority; Format; Distribution.

    652:22 Authority;  Format;  Distribution. –||The secretary of state, with the advice and approval of the attorney general, shall prepare or cause to be prepared preceding each state general election an up-to-date manual on the New Hampshire election laws and procedures for conducting elections. The manual shall be written in nontechnical language. The manual shall be distributed free of charge to each moderator, board of selectmen, city council, and board of supervisors of the checklist and to each town, city, and ward clerk. The secretary of state may distribute the manual in either electronic or printed format. The secretary of state may distribute said manual to any other person who requests it.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 2009, 214:1, eff. Sept. 13, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:23 - Chief Election Officer.

    652:23 Chief Election Officer. –||The secretary of state shall be the chief election officer for the state. The secretary of state shall provide information regarding voter registration procedures and absentee ballot procedures for all voters, including absent uniformed services voters, absent voters temporarily residing outside the United States, and federal ballot only voters domiciled outside the United States. Instructional and informational materials published by the secretary of state for clerks to provide such voters shall include information on how to communicate electronically with election officials.|||Source. 2010, 317:4, eff. July 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:24 - Voter Identification Advisory Committee.

    652:24 Voter Identification Advisory Committee. –||I. There is established a voter identification advisory committee. The committee shall review the implementation of voter identification requirements after every state general election. If the committee determines that problems exist requiring statutory changes, the committee shall report its findings to the senate and house standing committees with jurisdiction over election laws.||II. The members of the committee shall be as follows:||(a) The secretary of state or designee.||(b) The president of the senate or designee.||(c) The speaker of the house of representatives or designee.||(d) The governor or designee.||(e) The president of the New Hampshire City and Town Clerks' Association, or his or her representative.||III. The committee shall meet at the call of the secretary of state or designee, who shall serve as chairperson.|||Source. 2012, 284:2, eff. June 27, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 652:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:25 - Notice of Voter Identification Requirements.

    652:25 Notice of Voter Identification Requirements. –||Every town and city clerk shall prominently display a notice prepared by the secretary of state explaining the photo identification requirements for voters and directing voters to the department of state's website for additional information. Such notice shall be displayed for at least 14 days prior to each election held after the effective date of this section.|||Source. 2012, 284:2, eff. June 27, 2012.|