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NH Rev Stat § 659:9-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:9-a - City Clerk Uniform Practices.

    659:9-a City Clerk Uniform Practices. –||The city clerk shall establish uniform practices and procedures that conform to state and federal law for the conduct of elections at all polling places within the city. The moderators and other election officials who conduct elections at the individual polling places within the city shall comply with the uniform procedures established for the city by the city clerk. The secretary of state shall resolve any conflicting interpretations of state and federal laws arising between the city clerk and other election officials. The legislative body of any city may vote to have the duties of the ward officers relative to the selection and equipping of polling places assigned to the city clerk.|||Source. 2006, 78:2, eff. July 1, 2006. 2021, 177:2, Pt. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 28, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:10 - Supervisors' Attendance Required Where Checklist is Used.

    659:10 Supervisors' Attendance Required Where Checklist is Used. –||The supervisors shall be present at the opening of each election at which a checklist is to be used and shall have with them the corrected checklist for that election and shall remain in attendance until the close of the election.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:11 - Conduct of Voting at Additional Polling Places.

    659:11 Conduct of Voting at Additional Polling Places. –||The voting at each additional polling place shall be conducted as at the central polling place as provided in RSA 658:16.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:12 - Who Can Vote.

    659:12 Who Can Vote. –||I. All persons whose names are entered upon the corrected checklist brought by the town or ward clerk to the polling place shall be entitled to vote.||II. No person whose name is not upon the checklist shall be allowed to vote, unless, in the opinion of the supervisors of the checklist, it clearly appears that the name of a qualified voter has been omitted from the checklist by clerical error or mistake or the person registers to vote at the polling place.||III. At the time set for closing the polls to voting, if a line of voters waiting to check in or of people seeking to register to vote and then vote exists, all people who join that line by the moment when the polls close to voting and all who are in line shall be permitted to apply for registration and, if registered, to vote. If lines of cars containing those seeking to vote exist due to parking not being available or other traffic congestion, election officials and law enforcement shall work to identify the last person who joins the line of cars at the moment when the polls close to voting and allow that person and all who previously joined the line to obtain parking, enter the polling place, apply for registration, and, if registered, vote.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 2011, 73:3, eff. July 15, 2011. 2020, 35:3, eff. Sept. 26, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:13-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:13-a - Observing Voter Check-In.

    659:13-a Observing Voter Check-In. –||No person not authorized by law may stand or sit within 6 feet of the ballot clerk for purposes of observing the check-in of voters without the express permission of the moderator.|||Source. 2010, 103:1, eff. July 25, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:13-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:13-b - Affidavit of Religious Exemption.

    659:13-b Affidavit of Religious Exemption. –||The affidavit of religious exemption shall be in the following form:||AFFIDAVIT OF RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION |Name: ____________________|Domicile Address: ____________________|Date of birth: _______________|I hereby swear or affirm that because of my religious beliefs, I object to having my photograph taken and that I do not possess a form of identification that meets the requirements of the election laws of this state showing my photograph.|I hereby swear or affirm, under the penalties for voting fraud set forth below, that I am the identical person whom I represent myself to be and that to the best of my knowledge and belief the information above is true and correct.| _________________________| (Signature of affiant)|In accordance with RSA 659:34, the penalty for knowingly or purposely providing false information when voting is a class A misdemeanor with a maximum sentence of imprisonment not to exceed one year and a fine not to exceed $2,000. Fraudulently registering to vote or voting is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000.|This affidavit was executed before us on the date shown and the person who subscribed his or her name to the foregoing affidavit swore that the facts contained in this affidavit are true to the best of his or her knowledge and belief.| | (Name of Election Officer) (Date) | | (Signature of Election Officer) | ||Source. 2012, 284:11, eff. Sept. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:14 - Special Provisions for State and Presidential Primary Elections.

    659:14 Special Provisions for State and Presidential Primary Elections. –||I. A person desiring to vote at a state or presidential primary election shall, at the time of announcing the person's name, also announce the name of the party to which the person belongs or whether the person is registered as an undeclared voter. If the person's party membership has been registered before, the person shall be given only the ballot of the party with which the person is registered, unless the person desires to vote the ballot of a party not having official existence at the time the person's party membership was previously registered, in which case the person may vote the ballot of such a party in the state primary election immediately following the political organization's official existence as a party, and not in any subsequent state primary election. A person may also vote the ballot of such a party in the presidential primary election only if the presidential primary election precedes the state primary election to be held in that same year. If the rules of a party permit a person who is registered as an undeclared voter to vote in the party's primary, any person desiring to vote in that party's primary shall also announce the name of that party at the time of announcing the person's name. No person shall be permitted to vote in any more than one party primary during any primary election.||II. The secretary of state shall include on the voter instruction cards required by RSA 658:28 whether a party rule has been adopted which permits a person who is registered as an undeclared voter to vote in the party's primary. The party chairman shall notify the secretary of state in writing prior to the filing period for state offices whether the party has adopted such a rule. This rule shall not be changed or rescinded by a party until the results of the primary have been announced, and any change or rescission shall be mailed to the secretary of state by the party chairman.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1987, 129:1. 1993, 193:6. 1994, 218:1, eff. May 25, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:15 - Voter Proceeds to Booth.

    659:15 Voter Proceeds to Booth. –||On receipt of his ballot, the voter shall forthwith without leaving the space enclosed by the guardrail proceed to one of the voting booths and shall mark his ballot.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:16 - Number of Voters Allowed Within Guardrail.

    659:16 Number of Voters Allowed Within Guardrail. –||The number of voters within the guardrail at any one time shall not exceed the number of voting booths at the polling place, provided that the number of voters shall not include election officers or any voter who is engaged in the act of handing his ballot to the moderator.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:17 - Marking the Ballot; Instructions to Voters.

    659:17 Marking the Ballot;  Instructions to Voters. –||The secretary of state shall provide on the top of the general election ballot the following voting instructions. The secretary of state is authorized to replace the phrase "Make the appropriate mark" with an appropriate description and example of the mark to be made for the type of ballot in use, such as "Make a cross (X) in the box," "Completely fill in the oval," or "Complete the arrow":||1) To Vote||Make the appropriate mark to the right of your choice. For each office vote for not more than the number of candidates stated in the sentence: "Vote for not more than ___." If you vote for more than the stated number of candidates, your vote for that office will not be counted.||2) To Vote by Write-In||To vote for a person whose name is not printed on the ballot, write in the name of the person in the "write-in" space. Make the appropriate mark to the right of your choice.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1994, 309:9; 324:5. 1995, 97:1. 2004, 201:4. 2007, 1:1, eff. June 15, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:17-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:17-a - Appropriate Mark.

    659:17-a Appropriate Mark. –||For the purposes of this chapter, the term "appropriate mark" shall mean the mark to be used in the proper manner of marking the ballot as stipulated in the instructions to voters.|||Source. 1994, 324:6, eff. June 8, 1994 at 12:01 a.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:18 - Repealed by by 2004, 201:5, eff. June 11, 2004.

    659:18 Repealed by by 2004, 201:5, eff. June 11, 2004. –|
NH Rev Stat § 659:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:19 - Voting on Questions.

    659:19 Voting on Questions. –||A voter shall vote on questions submitted to voters by making an appropriate mark as instructed on the ballot next to the answer he or she desires to give.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 2009, 214:8, eff. Sept. 13, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:20 - Assistance in Voting.

    659:20 Assistance in Voting. –||Any voter who declares to the moderator under oath that said voter needs assistance marking his or her ballot shall, upon the voter's choice and request after the moderator has informed the voter of the accessible voting options that are available at the polling place, receive the assistance of one or both of the inspectors of election detailed for that purpose by the moderator or of a person of the voter's choice provided that the person is not the voter's employer or union official. Such person so assisting shall be sworn, shall mark the ballot as directed by said voter, and shall thereafter give no information regarding the same. Such person so assisting shall leave the space within the guardrail with the voter.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1981, 97:1. 2004, 229:7. 2009, 139:2, eff. Aug. 28, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:20-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:20-a - Assistance in Voting; Disabled Voter.

    659:20-a Assistance in Voting;  Disabled Voter. –||Any voter, after appearing at the polling place location prior to the closing of the polls to vote in person, who declares to the moderator under oath that said voter is unable to access a polling place due to disability shall, upon the voter's request, have the required documents delivered to the voter outside the guardrail by the town or ward clerk or one of his or her assistants. The absentee ballot delivered by the town or ward clerk shall be processed using the same procedures as any other absentee ballot except that the cutoff time listed in RSA 657:22 shall not apply.|||Source. 2016, 88:1, eff. July 18, 2016. 2017, 196:2, eff. Sept. 3, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:21 - Admittance Within Guardrail.

    659:21 Admittance Within Guardrail. –||No person other than the election officers, the voters admitted or those admitted to aid a voter pursuant to RSA 659:20 shall be permitted within the guardrail except by the authority of the election officers and, then, only for the purpose of keeping order and enforcing the law.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:22 - Spoiled Ballots.

    659:22 Spoiled Ballots. –||If any voter spoils a ballot, he may receive others, one at a time, not exceeding 3 in all, upon returning each spoiled one. The ballots thus returned shall be immediately marked "cancelled" by the moderator over his signature and, at the close of the polls, shall be preserved as provided in RSA 659:95.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:23 - Folding and Depositing Ballot.

    659:23 Folding and Depositing Ballot. –||I. Before leaving the voting booth, the voter shall fold his ballot in the same way it was folded when received by him and shall keep it folded so that the marks on it cannot be seen. He shall then proceed to the checkout table and shall announce his name to the town clerk who shall repeat the name and place a mark beside it on his checklist. The voter shall then present his ballot with the official endorsement uppermost to the moderator who shall then deposit the ballot in the ballot box.||II. The provisions of paragraph I shall not apply in cities and towns which use one or more electronic ballot counting devices for the counting of ballots, as provided in RSA 656:40.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1989, 71:1. 2009, 70:5, eff. Aug. 8, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:24 - Unofficial Ballots.

    659:24 Unofficial Ballots. –||I. If the supply of official election day ballots shall become exhausted before the closing of the polls, it shall be the duty of the town or city clerk to provide additional ballots by placing unused absentee ballots into use as election day ballots or, if the supply of unused absentee ballots is exhausted, causing unofficial ballots to be prepared by photocopying an official election day ballot.||II. The clerk, a deputy, or assistant shall write or stamp his or her signature or initials in a blank space near the top of each unused absentee ballot and each photocopied ballot to authenticate that ballot for use as an election day ballot.||III. The clerk shall certify to the moderator the number of such ballots made available for use.||IV. The moderator and clerk shall monitor election day turnout. If exhaustion of the supply of election day ballots is likely, the clerk shall prepare additional ballots before the supply is exhausted. To the extent practical, the moderator shall ensure a ballot is promptly available for each voter.||V. Except as provided in this section and in RSA 658:35, no ballot without the official endorsement shall be allowed to be deposited in the ballot box.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979. 2020, 35:4, eff. Sept. 26, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:25 - Time Allowed for Voting.

    659:25 Time Allowed for Voting. –||The voter shall mark and deliver the ballot without undue delay and shall leave the enclosed space within the guardrail as soon as he or she has delivered the ballot to the moderator. No voter shall be allowed to occupy a voting booth already occupied by another voter nor be allowed to remain within the enclosed space more than the time determined by the moderator.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 2003, 20:1, eff. June 22, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:26 - Voters Not Readmitted.

    659:26 Voters Not Readmitted. –||No voter, other than an election officer, whose name has been checked on the list by ballot clerks shall be allowed to reenter the enclosed space within the guardrail during the hours of polling except as provided in RSA 659:20.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:26-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:26-a - Hours of Polling Extended by Order.

    659:26-a Hours of Polling Extended by Order. –||In any federal election where hours of polling are extended by a federal or state court order or other order, the moderator or his or her designee shall mark all ballots cast during the extended hours of polling "EH." These extended hours ballots shall be counted in the usual manner, but shall be separated and held apart from other ballots when stored.|||Source. 2003, 289:57, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:27 - Challenge of Voter; Affidavit.

    659:27 Challenge of Voter;  Affidavit. –||I. A voter offering to vote at any state election may be challenged by any other voter registered in the town or ward in which the election is held, an election official, a challenger appointed by a political committee pursuant to RSA 666:4, or a challenger appointed by the attorney general pursuant to RSA 666:5.||II. Upon receipt of a written challenge, the moderator shall determine if the challenge to the ballot is well grounded. If the moderator determines that the challenge is well grounded, the moderator shall not receive the vote of the person so challenged until the person signs and gives to the moderator an affidavit in the following form: I, ____________________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) under penalties of voter fraud, that I am the identical person whom I represent myself to be, that I am a duly qualified voter of this town (or ward), and have a legal domicile therein. My telephone number (requested but optional) is _______________, and my email address (requested but optional) is _______________. If the moderator determines that the challenge is not well grounded, the moderator shall permit the voter to proceed to vote.||III. No voter or appointed challenger shall challenge a person's qualifications to be a voter at the election day voter registration table.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 2009, 278:3. 2010, 366:4. 2014, 319:7, eff. Sept. 30, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:28 - Secretary of State to Prepare Affidavit Blanks.

    659:28 Secretary of State to Prepare Affidavit Blanks. –||The secretary of state shall prepare and distribute to the town and ward clerks before every state election printed blanks for the affidavits required by RSA 659:27.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:29 - Special Provisions for State and Presidential Primary Elections.

    659:29 Special Provisions for State and Presidential Primary Elections. –||Any voter at any state or presidential primary election may challenge any other voter offering to declare himself as a member of a party or to vote the ballot of a party. Such challenged voter shall not be allowed to so declare or so vote until he makes an oath or affirmation that he affiliates with and generally supports the candidates of the party.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:30 - Affidavit.

    659:30 Affidavit. –||The affidavit of a challenged voter, an asserting a challenge form, a qualified voter affidavit, or any other affidavit required by the election statutes may be sworn before any person authorized by law to administer oaths or before any election officer.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 2003, 289:58. 2006, 94:2. 2007, 212:5. 2009, 278:4. 2011, 73:4, eff. July 15, 2011. 2017, 205:11, eff. Sept. 8, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:31 - Receiving Vote.

    659:31 Receiving Vote. –||A moderator shall not receive the vote of any voter who is challenged and who refuses to make an affidavit as required by RSA 659:27 or 659:29. A moderator who does receive the vote of such voter shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:32 - Affidavits Recorded.

    659:32 Affidavits Recorded. –||The town clerk shall record the name and domicile of all voters making such affidavits, the name of the person challenging and the reason for the challenge.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:33 - Repealed by 2011, 185:7, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.

    659:33 Repealed by 2011, 185:7, eff. Jan. 1, 2012. –|