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NH Rev Stat § 658:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:13 - Central Polling Place Officers.

    658:13 Central Polling Place Officers. –||Election officers who have their domicile in additional polling districts but are on duty at the central polling place may keep their names on the central polling place checklist by notifying the supervisors of the checklist before the polls are opened.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:14 - Officers.

    658:14 Officers. –||The moderator shall appoint an assistant moderator for each additional polling place and the town clerk shall appoint an assistant clerk for each additional polling place. Each assistant moderator and assistant clerk shall have their domicile in the town where they will serve. The powers and duties of the assistant moderator and the assistant clerk shall be the same as those of the moderator and the clerk at the central polling place except as otherwise provided in the election laws. The inspectors of elections appointed as provided in RSA 658:2 shall be sworn in by the assistant moderator before entering upon their duties.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979. 2021, 125:1, eff. Sept. 12, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:15 - Equipment.

    658:15 Equipment. –||The selectmen shall equip each additional polling place in the same manner required for central polling places.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:16 - Conduct of Elections.

    658:16 Conduct of Elections. –||Except as otherwise provided, the conduct of the election at the additional polling place shall be the same as at the central polling place.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:17 - Discontinuance.

    658:17 Discontinuance. –||A voting district and polling place so established shall continue to be such for successive state elections until the town shall vote to discontinue the same, but the selectmen may from time to time increase or diminish the boundaries thereof in order to effectively accommodate the voters.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:18 - Special Provision for Cities.

    658:18 Special Provision for Cities. –||Cities may adopt the provisions of RSA 658:10-658:17. The city council shall create and discontinue the voting districts in city wards, establish the additional polling places therein, and select the election officers for the additional polling place. Each assistant moderator and assistant clerk shall have their domicile in the city ward where they will serve.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979. 2021, 125:2, eff. Sept. 12, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:19 - Moderator Pro Tem.

    658:19 Moderator Pro Tem. –||If the moderator is absent from any state election or is unable to perform his duties, a moderator pro tempore shall be appointed by the moderator.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:20 - Clerk Pro Tem.

    658:20 Clerk Pro Tem. –||If a town or ward clerk is absent from any state election or is unable to perform his duties and there is no deputy clerk as provided in RSA 41:18, a town or ward clerk pro tempore shall be appointed by the town clerk.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1990, 119:15, eff. June 18, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:21 - Supervisor Pro Tem.

    658:21 Supervisor Pro Tem. –||If more than one member of the board of supervisors is absent from any state election or is unable to perform his duties, a supervisor pro tempore shall be appointed by the moderator.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:21-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:21-a - Selectmen Pro Tem.

    658:21-a Selectmen Pro Tem. –||If a selectman is absent from or unable to perform his or her duties for all or any part of the day at any state election, the selectman is authorized to appoint a selectman pro tem to perform his or her duties. If one or more selectmen are absent or unable to perform their duties and have not appointed selectmen pro tem, or if a selectman pro tem is absent or unable to perform his or her duties for all or any part of the day, the moderator is authorized to appoint selectmen pro tem to perform their duties.|||Source. 2016, 3:1, eff. Mar. 26, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:22 - Inspectors Pro Tem.

    658:22 Inspectors Pro Tem. –||If any of the appointed inspectors of election shall be absent from any state election or unable to perform his duties, the selectmen shall appoint some person qualified as provided in RSA 658:3, using the list of alternate appointees provided under RSA 658:5 unless no person on said list is available.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:23 - Duties; Term.

    658:23 Duties;  Term. –||An election officer pro tempore as provided for in RSA 658:19 through 658:22 shall have all the powers and duties of the officer he replaces as provided in the election laws and shall take the oath of office in like manner. His term of office shall expire at the termination of the proceedings at the election for which he was appointed.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:24 - Disqualification of Certain Persons.

    658:24 Disqualification of Certain Persons. –||Any person, other than a moderator, clerk, selectman, inspector of election, or supervisor of the checklist, whose name appears on a ballot for an elective position, other than a position of an election official, shall be disqualified from performing duties as an election official in that election. A moderator, clerk, selectman, inspector of election, or supervisor of the checklist whose name appears on a ballot for an elective position, other than the position of an election official, shall be disqualified from the handling of marked ballots and the counting of votes.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1983, 366:4. 1990, 119:16. 2008, 66:2, eff. July 20, 2008. 2016, 62:1, eff. July 4, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:25 - Designation of Ballot Clerks.

    658:25 Designation of Ballot Clerks. –||Two of the inspectors, one from each of the 2 political parties, shall be designated by the moderator at the opening of the polls to act as ballot clerks. They shall have charge of the ballots and shall furnish them to the voters. They shall be given a duplicate copy of the checklist by the town or ward clerk. The other inspectors shall be assigned such duties in the polling place as the moderator may determine including, but not limited to, the relief of the ballot clerks and the assistance of voters marking their ballots as provided in RSA 659:20.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 2009, 139:1, eff. Aug. 28, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:26 - Sample Ballots to be Posted.

    658:26 Sample Ballots to be Posted. –||The town or city clerk shall cause the sample ballots provided for in RSA 656:18 and 656:28 to be posted outside the guardrail in the polling place. For the general election, he shall cause 2 sample ballots to be posted. For the state and presidential primaries, he shall cause 2 sample ballots of each party to be posted. At least one sample ballot for the general election and one sample ballot of each party for each of the primaries shall be posted no higher than 48' so as to be convenient for those voters in wheelchairs.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1983, 426:16. 1991, 254:8, eff. Aug. 9, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:27 - Repealed by 1998, 246:6, eff. June 25, 1998.

    658:27 Repealed by 1998, 246:6, eff. June 25, 1998. –|
NH Rev Stat § 658:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:28 - Voter Instruction Cards to be Posted.

    658:28 Voter Instruction Cards to be Posted. –||The secretary of state shall also prepare full instructions for the guidance of voters at such elections as to obtaining ballots, the manner of marking them, the method of gaining assistance and obtaining new ballots in place of those accidentally spoiled. He shall cause the same to be printed on separate cards to be called voter instruction cards and shall furnish a suitable number of the same to each town and ward clerk. Each town and ward clerk shall cause one voter instruction card to be posted in each voting booth and not less than 3 such cards to be posted immediately outside the guardrail in the polling place.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:29 - Statutes Posted.

    658:29 Statutes Posted. –||The secretary of state shall prepare and distribute copies of the following RSA sections which the selectmen shall post or cause to be posted outside the guardrail in the polling place at all elections: RSA 654:7-a, RSA 654:7-b; RSA 659:13, RSA 659:13-b, RSA 659:27, RSA 659:30, RSA 659:31, RSA 659:32, RSA 659:34, RSA 659:35, RSA 659:37, RSA 659:38, RSA 659:40, RSA 659:41, RSA 659:103; RSA 666:4, RSA 666:5, RSA 666:8. In addition, the secretary of state shall include any other statutes or regulations that are required to be posted by state or federal law. The secretary of state may also include statutes or regulations that, in the secretary of state's judgment, would aid a voter in casting a vote or in contacting the appropriate official if the voter believes that his or her voting rights are being violated.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 2003, 28:1; 151:2. 2005, 111:1. 2012, 284:5, eff. June 27, 2012; 284:9, eff. Sept. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:29-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:29-a - Proof of Voter Identity Instructions to be Posted.

    658:29-a Proof of Voter Identity Instructions to be Posted. –||The secretary of state shall prepare a notice explaining to voters the photo identification requirement in RSA 659:13, including all the permissible methods for proving identity, and directing voters to the department of state's website or to the town or city clerk to obtain the explanatory document described in RSA 652:26, I, for additional information. Such notice shall also include the penalties as described in RSA 659:34. The governing body of each town or ward shall prominently display this notice for at least 14 days prior to each election held after the effective date of this section. The poster shall be placed outside the guardrail at each polling place at all elections.|||Source. 2012, 284:10, eff. Sept. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:30 - Delivery of Ballots to Election Officers.

    658:30 Delivery of Ballots to Election Officers. –||The city or town clerk shall deliver to the election officers before the opening of the polls on the day of the election the sealed packages of ballots in their possession together with filament tape or other similar tape with which to seal the ballots. Any city or town clerk who shall fail to deliver such material to the election officers as herein provided shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:31 - Counting Ballots.

    658:31 Counting Ballots. –||At or prior to the opening of the polls in each town or ward, the seal of the packages shall be publicly broken by the town or ward clerk; and the ballots shall be given to the ballot clerks and the ballots shall be examined and counted by the election officers in the presence of the clerk, the moderator, and at least one other legal voter. If the ballots are counted prior to the opening of the polls, the clerk shall post, in an appropriate place and prior to election day, notice of the time and place of the counting.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1999, 12:1, eff. June 18, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:32 - Moderator's Certificate.

    658:32 Moderator's Certificate. –||The secretary of state shall prepare and distribute to each town or ward clerk 2 copies of the moderator's certificate. When the ballots are counted, the moderator shall certify thereon the total number of ballots received. One copy shall be retained by the moderator for his or her records; the other shall be certified by the clerk and forwarded to the secretary of state with the election returns pursuant to RSA 659:75.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 2011, 185:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:33 - Delivery of Ballots to Additional Polling Place.

    658:33 Delivery of Ballots to Additional Polling Place. –||Before the polls are opened at the central polling place on the day of an election, the town clerk shall seal up the 2 duplicate copies of the checklist for each additional polling place lodged with the clerk by the supervisors with the number of blank ballots determined by the moderator to be likely to be sufficient for the voters expected to vote at the additional polling place. If the moderator has authorized the counting of votes and thereby authorized the processing of absentee ballots at the additional polling place, the absentee ballots of those persons qualified to vote in that additional polling place shall be sealed up along with a list of those persons qualified to vote at that additional polling place to whom absentee ballots have been sent pursuant to RSA 657:15. This package shall be prepared and sealed in the presence of the moderator and selectmen and shall be delivered immediately to the assistant moderator of the additional polling place by 2 election officers designated by the moderator.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1981, 454:6. 2010, 182:11, eff. June 21, 2010. 2020, 35:2, eff. Sept. 26, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:34 - Pasters.

    658:34 Pasters. –||If pasters are to be used at the election and have been delivered to the town or city clerk, the clerk shall deliver the pasters to the moderator who shall cause them to be pasted in the proper place on each ballot before it is handed to the voter.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:35 - Unofficial Ballots.

    658:35 Unofficial Ballots. –||If the official ballots have not been received at the polling place of any town or ward on the morning of election before the opening of the polls, it shall be the duty of the town or city clerk to cause unofficial ballots to be prepared, as far as possible, in form of the official ballots. Upon receipt of such unofficial ballots from a town or city clerk accompanied by a statement under oath that the same have been so prepared and that the official ballots have not been received, the moderator shall cause the unofficial ballots so substituted to be used in lieu of the official ballots.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 658:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 658 - Pre-Election Procedure|Section 658:36 - Inspection of Ballot Box.

    658:36 Inspection of Ballot Box. –||At the opening of the polls, the ballot box shall be publicly opened and shown to be empty; and the election officers shall ascertain that fact by a personal examination of the box.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:1, 659:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:1, 659:2 - Repealed by 1988, 10:3, eff. July 1, 1988.

    659:1, 659:2 Repealed by 1988, 10:3, eff. July 1, 1988. –|
NH Rev Stat § 659:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:3 - Early Closing of Polls.

    659:3 Early Closing of Polls. –||Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the voters present at the polling place may vote to close the polls at any time that the number of those who have voted plus the number of absentee ballots received at the polls equals the number of names on the checklist.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1988, 10:1, eff. July 1, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:3-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:3-a - Early Closing of Polls in Dixville, Hart's Location, and Millsfield.

    659:3-a Early Closing of Polls in Dixville, Hart's Location, and Millsfield. –||The polls may not be closed pursuant to RSA 659:3 in Dixville, Hart's Location, or Millsfield until every person domiciled in the town who is not on the checklist has been contacted by the town clerk to see if they wish to register to vote prior to the closing of the polls.|||Source. 1998, 246:4. 2003, 289:40. 2014, 251:3, eff. July 22, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:4 - Hours of Polling in Municipalities.

    659:4 Hours of Polling in Municipalities. –||At all state elections in towns and cities the polls shall open not later than 11 o'clock in the morning and shall close not earlier than 7 o'clock in the evening. In cities, the city council shall determine the polling hours no later than 30 days prior to a state election.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1988, 10:2. 1991, 254:9. 1994, 4:16, eff. May 27, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:4-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:4-a - Change of Polling Hours in Towns.

    659:4-a Change of Polling Hours in Towns. –||I. At any annual town meeting, any town may vote to place a question on the state election ballot to change the hours at which polls shall open, provided that the polls shall not open later than 11 o'clock in the morning and shall not close earlier than 7 o'clock in the evening. Such vote shall be under an article inserted into the warrant pursuant to RSA 39:3. The wording of the question shall be as follows:||"Polling hours in the town of __________ (name of town) are now __________ (hour at which polls now open) to __________ (hour at which polls now close). Shall we place a question on the state election ballot to change polling hours so that polls shall open at __________ (proposed hour at which polls would open) and close at __________ (proposed hour at which polls would close) for all regular state elections beginning __________ (next state election)?"||II. Upon an affirmative vote on the question in paragraph I, the governing body of the town shall notify the secretary of state, by the filing deadline established in RSA 655:14, of the approved times for the question to be printed on the next state general election ballot. The secretary of state shall place the following question on the next state general election ballot in the form prescribed by RSA 656:13:||"Polling hours in the town of __________ (name of town) are now __________ (hour at which polls now open) to __________ (hour at which polls now close). Shall we change polling hours so that polls shall open at __________ (proposed hour at which polls would open) and close at __________ (proposed hour at which polls would close) for all regular state elections beginning __________ (next state election)?"||III. In a town with a town council as the legislative body, the town council may vote to place a question on the state election ballot to change the hours at which polls shall open, provided that the polls shall not open later than 11 o'clock in the morning and shall not close earlier than 7 o'clock in the evening. The governing body shall notify the secretary of state of the question to be placed on the ballot in accordance with the requirements of paragraph II.||IV. As an alternative to the procedures established in paragraphs I-III, the governing body of a town may extend the hours of polling in the town, provided that no extension of the hours of polling adopted under this paragraph shall take effect sooner than 60 days after its adoption. Any reduction of the hours of polling adopted under this paragraph shall conform to the provisions of paragraphs I-III.|||Source. 1998, 275:2. 2007, 8:1, eff. July 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:5 - Repealed by 1988, 10:3, eff. July 1, 1988.

    659:5 Repealed by 1988, 10:3, eff. July 1, 1988. –|
NH Rev Stat § 659:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:6 - Other Changes in Hours of Polling.

    659:6 Other Changes in Hours of Polling. –||Except as provided in RSA 659:3, in all state elections, the voters present at the polling place may vote to keep the polls open until a later hour but may not vote to close the polls at an earlier hour than that prescribed in the warrant.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:7 - Repealed by 1988, 10:3, eff. July 1, 1988.

    659:7 Repealed by 1988, 10:3, eff. July 1, 1988. –|
NH Rev Stat § 659:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:8 - At Additional Polling Places.

    659:8 At Additional Polling Places. –||The hours of polling at any additional polling place shall be the same as those at the central polling place as provided in RSA 658:16.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:9 - Moderator to Oversee Voting.

    659:9 Moderator to Oversee Voting. –||It shall be the duty of the moderator to secure the observance of the provisions of the following sections relating to the conduct of voting.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|