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NH Rev Stat § 657:17-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 657 - Absentee Voting|Section 657:17-a - Verification of In-Person Absentee Voter.

    657:17-a Verification of In-Person Absentee Voter. –||I. An absentee voter who returns his or her completed absentee ballot to the clerk's office in person shall be treated as a verified voter provided:||(a) The voter voluntarily shows the clerk a photo identification that meets the requirements of RSA 659:13; or||(b) The voter voluntarily completes a challenged voter affidavit in the same manner as is required for an election day voter who does not present a qualified voter identification.||II. The clerk shall mark the absentee ballot affidavit enveloped "voter verified" and note on the clerk's list of absentee voters that the voter has been verified. The verified voter's signatures on the application for an absentee ballot shall not be compared to the voter's signature on the absentee ballot affidavit on election day.||III. A voter who does not present a qualified photo identification and who does not complete a challenged voter affidavit shall not be treated as a verified voter, and his or her signatures on the application for an absentee ballot shall be compared to his or her signature on the absentee ballot affidavit on election day in the same manner as other absentee voters.|||Source. 2018, 329:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 657:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 657 - Absentee Voting|Section 657:18 - Procedure by Clerk.

    657:18 Procedure by Clerk. –||Upon receipt of an outer envelope purporting to contain an official absentee voting ballot, the clerk of the city or town shall, subject to RSA 657:16, attach thereto the application for an absentee ballot submitted by said voter and record the information pursuant to RSA 657:15. All such envelopes shall be preserved unopened until election day.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 2010, 182:5; 317:74. 2014, 74:2, eff. July 26, 2014. 2020, 14:4, eff. July 17, 2020; 14:10, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 657:18-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 657 - Absentee Voting|Section 657:18-a - Repealed by 2020, 14:13, II, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.

    657:18-a Repealed by 2020, 14:13, II, eff. Jan. 1, 2021. –|
NH Rev Stat § 657:19-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 657 - Absentee Voting|Section 657:19-a - Federal Official Post Card Form and Other Requests From UOCAVA Voters.

    657:19-a Federal Official Post Card Form and Other Requests From UOCAVA Voters. –||The federal official post card form as provided in RSA 654:20 for simultaneous voter registration application and absentee ballot application shall be valid at any time for voter registration by a person qualified to vote pursuant to RSA 654:3 as an absent uniform services voter, a temporarily absent voter residing outside the United States, or a federal ballot only voter domiciled outside the United States. An absentee ballot request on this post card or in any other form received on or after January 1 of each year shall be valid through December 31 of the same year for all state and municipal elections to be held within that year, subject to the request of the voter and the eligibility of the voter. Provided, however, that an absentee ballot for the presidential primary shall be sent to all voters requesting an absentee ballot for the primary or any election prior to the primary during the general election year and the prior year. The town or city clerk shall forward a copy of all such federal official post card voter forms to the supervisors of the checklist.|||Source. 1988, 209:11. 2003, 289:56. 2010, 182:7, eff. June 21, 2010; 317:35, eff. July 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 657:19-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 657 - Absentee Voting|Section 657:19-b - Procedure for Requesting Voter Registration Applications or Absentee Ballot Applications Electronically.

    657:19-b Procedure for Requesting Voter Registration Applications or Absentee Ballot Applications Electronically. –||Any person authorized in RSA 657:19-a to use the federal official post card form may request and receive an absentee voter registration application by downloading the application from the secretary of state's website, or request that the form be mailed by submitting an electronic request via the e-mail address designated on the website. The secretary shall send the requested application by mail or electronically in accordance with the voter's choice.|||Source. 2010, 317:36, eff. July 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 657:19-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 657 - Absentee Voting|Section 657:19-c - Addresses and Polling Hours Maintained by Clerks.

    657:19-c Addresses and Polling Hours Maintained by Clerks. –||Each town and city clerk shall establish and maintain an official e-mail address and street address, which shall be publically available to voters. Clerks shall maintain up-to-date polling place locations for each election, including street addresses, and polling hours, and clerks shall keep such information in the statewide centralized voter registration database.|||Source. 2010, 317:36. 2011, 73:2, eff. July 15, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 657:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 657 - Absentee Voting|Section 657:20 - Procedure by UOCAVA Voter.

    657:20 Procedure by UOCAVA Voter. –||UOCAVA voters shall follow the procedure set forth in RSA 657:17.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1988, 209:12. 2010, 317:37, eff. July 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 657:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 657 - Absentee Voting|Section 657:21 - Registration of Voters.

    657:21 Registration of Voters. –||Upon receipt of a return envelope containing an armed services or overseas citizen federal election absentee ballot, the clerk of the city or town shall open and retain said envelope and deliver the affidavit envelope to the supervisors of the checklist of the voting place indicated thereon. If the voter is not registered, the appropriate affidavit appearing on said envelope, if properly executed, shall, subject to RSA 657:23, be prima facie evidence of the voter's qualifications to become a voter and his or her name shall be added to the checklist at the next session of the supervisors of the checklist. The supervisors of the checklist shall retain a copy of the affidavit envelope and absentee ballot request form in accordance with RSA 33-A:3-a and return the affidavit envelopes unopened to the city or town clerk who shall see that they agree in number with the mailing envelopes. Said clerk shall attach the application for an armed services or overseas citizen federal election absentee ballot submitted by said voter to the 2 corresponding envelopes and retain them until election day.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1988, 209:12. 2010, 172:16; 317:38. 2014, 114:1, eff. Aug. 10, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 657:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 657 - Absentee Voting|Section 657:22 - Cutoff.

    657:22 Cutoff. –||In any state election, a town or city clerk shall not accept any completed absentee ballots delivered to the clerk after 5:00 p.m. on election day except as provided in RSA 657:21-a, V and RSA 659:20-a. The clerk shall record absentee ballots received after such time in the statewide centralized voter registration database with the return date and shall mark the ballot as rejected due to absentee ballot receipt after election day. The clerk shall retain the unopened ballot until the time set for the destruction of other state election ballots as provided in RSA 659:100 at which time the envelopes shall likewise be destroyed, unopened and unexamined.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1983, 176:2. 1995, 48:1. 2010, 182:8. 2011, 72:4, eff. July 15, 2011. 2017, 196:1, eff. Sept. 3, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 657:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 657 - Absentee Voting|Section 657:23 - Delivery to Moderator.

    657:23 Delivery to Moderator. –||Upon election day, prior to the closing of the polls or the time set for processing absentee ballots in accordance with RSA 659:49, the clerk shall deliver all such envelopes, the applications therefor received by him or her, and the list of absentee voter applicants compiled pursuant to RSA 657:15 to the moderators in the several voting precincts in which the absentee voters assert the right to vote, taking a receipt from the moderator thereof; except that no UOCAVA voter's ballot shall be rejected by a moderator for lack of an attached application, provided a signature is available for comparison on a voter registration document.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 2010, 182:9, eff. June 21, 2010; 317:75, eff. July 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 657:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 657 - Absentee Voting|Section 657:24 - Misusing Absentee Ballot.

    657:24 Misusing Absentee Ballot. –||Whoever, prior to the closing of the polls or the time of processing absentee ballots on election day, shall show or exhibit an unsealed absentee ballot to any person or shall use an absentee ballot for any purpose except to vote the same shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; provided that this provision shall not apply to any person engaged in printing or distributing or otherwise dealing with said ballots according to law, to any voter who because of blindness or disability is unable to mark his or her ballot, or to any person who assists a blind voter or a voter with a disability who needs assistance in marking his or her ballot pursuant to RSA 657:17, I. Anyone who votes or attempts to vote under the provisions of this chapter who is not entitled to vote by absentee ballot or anyone who knowingly votes or attempts to vote in violation of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1983, 220:5, eff. Aug. 15, 1983. 2019, 261:2, eff. Sept. 17, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 657:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 657 - Absentee Voting|Section 657:25 - Conformity With Federal Legislation.

    657:25 Conformity With Federal Legislation. –||The secretary of state and all other appropriate officials or boards are hereby authorized to perform all acts which he or they may be authorized to perform by any federal statute affecting voting by those to whom the statute is applicable and to accept any federal funds which may be made available to defray any expense in connection therewith, insofar as the same may not be repugnant to the constitution of this state.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 657:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 657 - Absentee Voting|Section 657:26 - Absentee Voter Website.

    657:26 Absentee Voter Website. –||The secretary of state shall make available a public website by which an absentee voter, in every state election, may determine whether the voter's absentee ballot request has been received by the clerk, whether the absentee ballot has been sent pursuant to such request, whether the envelope purporting to contain the absentee ballot has been received by the clerk, and whether the absentee ballot was challenged and rejected by the moderator on election day, including the reason for the challenge. The town and city clerk shall, without delay, enter into the statewide centralized voter registration database the dates that all valid requests for absentee ballots are received, the dates all absentee ballots are sent, and the dates all envelopes purporting to contain absentee ballots are received. The secretary of state shall allow free and secure access to any voter who enters on the website his or her full first name, full last name, the town where the voter has requested an absentee ballot, and the voter's date of birth as they appear in the statewide centralized voter registration database. The city and town clerk shall provide instructions to absentee voter applicants describing how to access this website.|||Source. 2010, 182:10. 2014, 115:1, eff. Aug. 10, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:1 - General Election.

    658:1 General Election. –||At least 14 days before any state general election, the selectmen shall post a warrant at all the polling places and at the office of the town or city clerk or at the town hall. Said warrant shall prescribe the hour the polls are to open and the hour before which they may not close as provided in RSA 659:4 and RSA 659:4-a. It shall also state all offices and questions which are to be voted on and the location of the central polling place and of any additional polling places. If the selectmen neglect to issue a warrant for the state general election, or if they neglect to cause copies of such warrant to be posted agreeably to any vote of the town, they shall for each offense be guilty of a violation and any fines collected shall be remitted to the town.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1990, 119:12. 1998, 275:1, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:2 - Appointment.

    658:2 Appointment. –||Each state political committee of the 2 political parties which received the largest number of votes cast for governor at the last previous general election is authorized through their respective chairmen to appoint between May 15 and July 15 of each general election year 2 inspectors of election to act at each polling place. If the number of voters qualified to vote at a polling place shall exceed 2,000, said political committees may each appoint for such polling place one additional inspector for each 1,500 qualified voters or fraction thereof in excess of 2,000. By April 15 of each general election year, the secretary of state shall provide a list to the chairman of each such state political committee of the number of inspectors of election that should be appointed for each town or ward. Each such state political committee may also appoint such equal number of additional inspectors as the moderator considers necessary for the efficient conduct of the election. On or before July 15, the chairmen of said political committees shall notify the appointees and the town or ward clerk concerned as to appointments made under this authority. If any such appointments are not made by said political committees and proper notification thereof given on or before July 15, then the appointments shall be made by the selectmen of the town or ward in equal numbers from said 2 political parties.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1983, 426:7. 2014, 27:1. 2015, 55:1, eff. Aug. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:3 - Qualifications.

    658:3 Qualifications. –||The inspectors of election shall be registered to vote at the polling place where they serve.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1983, 426:8, eff. Aug. 23, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:4 - Oath; Term.

    658:4 Oath;  Term. –||Each inspector of election shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his or her duties and shall hold office for 2 years from August 1 in the year in which he or she is appointed or until a successor is appointed and qualified.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 2014, 27:2, eff. July 22, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:5 - Alternates.

    658:5 Alternates. –||In making appointments of inspectors of elections as provided in RSA 658:2, political committees or, in the absence of such appointments by a political committee, the town and ward selectmen, in consultation with the moderator, may designate a list of alternates to the list of appointed inspectors, who shall meet the same qualifications as inspectors of elections. Alternates shall be called in numerical order to serve in case one or more of the principal appointees fails to accept the appointment or is otherwise unavailable to perform his or her duties.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 2015, 55:2, eff. Aug. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:6 - Appointment by Court.

    658:6 Appointment by Court. –||In case any appointment shall not be made as provided in RSA 658:2 or 658:5 or vacancies are not filled as provided in RSA 658:22, then, on application of 6 qualified voters of the town or ward, a justice of the municipal or district court shall appoint the inspectors.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:7 - Appointment.

    658:7 Appointment. –||For all state elections, the moderator is authorized to appoint an assistant moderator who shall take the oath of office in the same manner as the moderator. The moderator may also appoint such other election officials as he or she deems necessary and request the town clerk to appoint an assistant town clerk. The assistant moderator, assistant town clerk, and said other election officials shall take the oath of office and perform such duties and have such powers as the moderator may delegate to them, except that the power of making the declaration of the vote cast shall not be delegated to them. The supervisors of the checklist are authorized to appoint assistant supervisors of the checklist who shall be assistant election officials and have the powers of supervisors for the purpose of registering voters on election day. The provisions of this section shall apply only to the appointment of assistant election officials to serve at the central polling place. Appointment of officers to act at additional polling places shall be accomplished as provided in RSA 658:14.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1990, 119:13. 2007, 331:3, eff. July 16, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:7-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:7-a - Qualifications.

    658:7-a Qualifications. –||An assistant election official appointed as provided in RSA 658:7 shall be at least 17 years of age as of the date on which such official initiates performance of the duties of office.|||Source. 1997, 195:1. 2015, 5:1, eff. July 4, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:8 - Term.

    658:8 Term. –||The term of office of each of the assistant election officials appointed as provided in RSA 658:7 shall expire at the termination of the proceedings at the election for which he or she was appointed.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 2007, 331:4, eff. July 16, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:9-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:9-a - Accessibility.

    658:9-a Accessibility. –||Every polling place in which state elections are held shall be easily accessible to all persons, including persons with disabilities and elderly persons who are otherwise qualified to vote in the choice of any officer or officers to be elected or upon any question submitted at such election. In order for a polling place to be considered accessible to elderly persons and to persons with physical disabilities, the following conditions shall be met; provided, however, that the provisions of paragraph I may be adopted by each municipality on an optional basis:||I. Where parking is provided for the polling place, there shall be at least one van-accessible parking space that is in compliance with the New Hampshire building code, RSA 155-A, and with standards implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 28 C.F.R. part 36 and designated with the international symbol of accessibility. The van-accessible parking space shall be at least 8 feet wide with an adjacent and parallel access aisle that is at least 8 feet wide and located on a level surface as close as possible to the accessible entrance. There shall be a clear path of travel without curbs or steps to the accessible entrance of the polling place from the van-accessible parking.||II. The paths of travel to and from the polling place shall comply with the accessible route requirements of the New Hampshire building code, RSA 155-A, and with standards implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 28 C.F.R. part 36.||III. If there is a curb in a path of travel to the accessible entrance to the polling place, there shall be a curb ramp that complies with the New Hampshire building code, RSA 155-A, and with standards implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 28 C.F.R. part 36.||IV. Where a ramp is provided, the ramp shall comply with the New Hampshire building code, RSA 155-A, and with standards implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 28 C.F.R. part 36.||V. Entrances, doors, and doorways shall comply with the New Hampshire building code, RSA 155-A, with standards implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 28 C.F.R. part 36, and with the following requirements:||(a) There shall be at least one primary entrance to the polling place accessible to elderly persons and persons with disabilities and clearly marked with the international symbol of accessibility.||(b) If there are entrances that are not accessible, they shall have signs posted directing voters to the accessible entrance.||VI. The path of travel in the interior of the polling place shall comply with the accessible route requirements of the New Hampshire building code, RSA 155-A, and with standards implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 28 C.F.R. part 36.|||Source. 1987, 210:2. 2007, 312:2, eff. Sept. 1, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:10 - In Towns.

    658:10 In Towns. –||If any town shall so vote, the selectmen shall provide one or more additional polling places in such town and shall, at least 30 days before the next following general election, determine the boundaries of the voting district to be served by each such additional polling place.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:11 - Central Polling Place.

    658:11 Central Polling Place. –||The polling place presided over by the moderator of the town or ward shall be known as the central polling place and all other polling places shall be known as additional polling places.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:12 - Checklist.

    658:12 Checklist. –||Immediately after the establishment of an additional polling place and the creation of the voting district to be served thereby, the supervisors of the checklist shall prepare a separate checklist of the voters entitled to vote at such a polling place. Such separate checklist shall thereafter be posted and revised along with the checklist for the central polling place as provided in RSA 654. No later than the Tuesday 2 weeks before any state election, the supervisors shall post at the town or city clerk's office or at the town hall a true and attested copy of such list and shall, before the election, file with the town clerk 2 copies of such list.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1990, 119:14. 1994, 4:15, eff. May 27, 1994.|