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NH Rev Stat § 39:2-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 39 - Time for Holding Town Meetings and Warning Thereof|Section 39:2-b - Time Polls Open.

    39:2-b Time Polls Open. –||The warrant for any town meeting shall provide that polls at the additional polling place, if any, shall open at the same time as the polls at the central polling place.|||Source. 1969, 117:1, eff. May 9, 1969.|
NH Rev Stat § 39:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 39 - Time for Holding Town Meetings and Warning Thereof|Section 39:3 - Articles.

    39:3 Articles. –||Upon the written application of 25 or more registered voters or 2 percent of the registered voters in town, whichever is less, although in no event shall fewer than 10 registered voters be sufficient, presented to the selectmen or one of them not later than the fifth Tuesday before the day prescribed for an annual meeting, the selectmen shall insert in their warrant for such meeting the petitioned article with only such minor textual changes as may be required. Such corrections shall not in any way change the intended effect of the article as presented in the original language of the petition. For the purposes of this section, the number of registered voters in a town shall be the number of voters registered prior to the last state general election. The right to have an article inserted in the warrant conferred by this section shall not be invalidated by the provisions of RSA 32. In towns with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants upon the written application of 50 or more voters or 1/4 of the voters in town, whichever is fewer, and in towns with 10,000 or more inhabitants upon the written application of 5 percent of the registered voters in the town, so presented not less than 60 days before the next annual meeting, the selectmen shall warn a special meeting to act upon any question specified in such application. The checklist for an annual or special town meeting shall be corrected by the supervisors of the checklist as provided in RSA 654:25-31. Those persons qualified to vote whose names are on the corrected checklist shall be entitled to vote at the meeting. The same checklist used at a recessed town meeting shall be used at any reconvened session of the same town meeting. In no event shall a special town meeting be held on the biennial election day.|||Source. RS 32:3. CS 34:3. GS 35:3. GL 38:3. PS 41:3. PL 45:3. 1937, 40:1. RL 57:3. 1947, 21:1. RSA 39:3. 1969, 59:1. 1971, 79:1. 1975, 160:1. 1981, 454:1. 1987, 299:1. 1990, 192:1. 1991, 223:1; 370:5. 1994, 197:1, eff. July 23, 1994. 1998, 194:1, eff. Aug. 17, 1998. 2018, 325:1, eff. Aug. 24, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 39:3-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 39 - Time for Holding Town Meetings and Warning Thereof|Section 39:3-a - Repealed by 1969, 59:2, eff. June 3, 1969.

    39:3-a Repealed by 1969, 59:2, eff. June 3, 1969. –|
NH Rev Stat § 39:3-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 39 - Time for Holding Town Meetings and Warning Thereof|Section 39:3-b - Penalty.

    39:3-b Penalty. –||A board of selectmen is guilty of a violation if it refuses to insert an article in the warrant, after being petitioned to do so in accordance with RSA 39:3.|||Source. 1971, 79:4. 1977, 588:26, eff. Sept. 16, 1977.|
NH Rev Stat § 39:3-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 39 - Time for Holding Town Meetings and Warning Thereof|Section 39:3-c - Limitation.

    39:3-c Limitation. –||Any petitioned article, which if adopted, would abolish a planning board, or zoning commission shall not be included in the warrant, unless such petition meets the requirements established by RSA 673:18, II.|||Source. 1971, 396:1. 1985, 103:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 39:3-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 39 - Time for Holding Town Meetings and Warning Thereof|Section 39:3-d - Placement of Articles on Official Ballot.

    39:3-d Placement of Articles on Official Ballot. –||I. No article included in a warrant for a town meeting may be considered by placing a question on the official ballot used for election of town officers unless use of the official ballot for that article or type of article is specifically authorized or required by law.||II. For purposes of this section and RSA 40:4-e:||(a) Any law which requires a ballot vote on an article, and which uses the term "official ballot", shall be deemed to require the use of the official ballot for voting on that article, in towns which use the official ballot for the election of officers.||(b) Any law which prescribes the wording of a question, but where the term "official ballot" is not used, shall be deemed to authorize, but not require, the use of the official ballot for that question, unless a contrary intent is specified. If the official ballot is not used for voting on such a question, the prescribed wording shall be placed in the warrant, and may also be placed upon a preprinted ballot to be acted upon in open meeting in the same manner as a secret "yes-no" ballot under RSA 40:4-a.||III. This section shall not prohibit the use of secret written ballots at any town meeting pursuant to RSA 40:4-a or 4-b.||IV. Articles concerning the issuance of bonds or notes shall not be placed on the official ballot, unless the municipality has adopted a charter provision authorizing that votes on the issuance of bonds or notes shall be placed on the official ballot or unless the municipality has adopted the provisions of RSA 40:12-14.||V. Notwithstanding paragraph IV, in the town of Bedford, articles concerning the issuance of bonds or notes shall be in accordance with Bedford's Town Charter, Article 1-5 Finance, Paragraph 1-5-11 Borrowing Procedure.|||Source. 1979, 445:1. 1988, 126:1. 1991, 113:1, eff. July 13, 1991. 1996, 156:3, eff. May 29, 1996. 1998, 166:1, eff. Aug. 14, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 39:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 39 - Time for Holding Town Meetings and Warning Thereof|Section 39:4 - Special Meetings.

    39:4 Special Meetings. –||The selectmen when calling a special town meeting shall, within one week after posting the warrant therefor, cause copy of said warrant to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in said town.|||Source. 1945, 39:1, eff. March 6, 1945.|
NH Rev Stat § 39:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 39 - Time for Holding Town Meetings and Warning Thereof|Section 39:5 - Posting Warrant.

    39:5 Posting Warrant. –||The selectmen may address their warrant to the voters of the town, in which case they shall post an attested copy of such warrant at the place of meeting, and a like copy at one other public place in the town, at least 14 days before the day of meeting. The 14 days shall not include the day of posting nor the day of the meeting, but shall include any Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays within the said period.|||Source. RS 32:4. CS 34:4. GS 35:4. GL 38:4. PS 41:4. PL 45:4. RL 57:4. RSA 39:5. 1967, 90:1. 1975, 11:3, eff. April 25, 1975. 2003, 289:4, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 39:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 39 - Time for Holding Town Meetings and Warning Thereof|Section 39:6 - Warrant to Constable.

    39:6 Warrant to Constable. –||Warrants for town meetings may be directed to a constable of the town, requiring the constable to notify the voters; and such constable shall post an attested copy of such warrant, as provided in RSA 39:5.|||Source. RS 32:5. CS 34:5. GS 35:5. GL 38:5. PS 41:5. PL 45:5. RL 57:5. 2003, 289:5, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 39:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 39 - Time for Holding Town Meetings and Warning Thereof|Section 39:7 - Return of Warrant.

    39:7 Return of Warrant. –||The selectmen or the constable serving any warrant shall return the same, at the time and place of meeting, with a certificate of the service thereof, to the town clerk, or, in his absence, to one of the supervisors.|||Source. RS 32:7. CS 34:7. GS 35:7. GL 38:7. PS 41:7. PL 45:6. RL 57:6.|
NH Rev Stat § 39:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 39 - Time for Holding Town Meetings and Warning Thereof|Section 39:8 - Selectmen's Power.

    39:8 Selectmen's Power. –||In case of the death or removal of any of the selectmen of a town the major part of those who remain in office shall have power to warn meetings.|||Source. RS 32:8. CS 34:8. GS 35:8. GL 38:8. PS 41:8. PL 45:7. RL 57:7.|
NH Rev Stat § 39:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 39 - Time for Holding Town Meetings and Warning Thereof|Section 39:9 - Warning, Upon Neglect.

    39:9 Warning, Upon Neglect. –||If the selectmen unreasonably neglect or refuse to warn a meeting, or to insert any article in their warrant, a justice of the superior court, upon application in writing of 25 or more voters or of 1/6 part of the voters of such town, may issue a warrant for such meeting, or order the insertion of an article in the warrant.|||Source. RS 32:9. CS 34:9. GS 35:9. GL 38:9. PS 41:9. PL 45:8. 1939, 21:1. RL 57:8.|
NH Rev Stat § 39:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 39 - Time for Holding Town Meetings and Warning Thereof|Section 39:10 - Warning by Justice: Other Cases.

    39:10 Warning by Justice:  Other Cases. –||If the biennial or annual meeting in any town shall not have been held, or if there has never been any legal meeting of the town; or if, by reason of death, removal from the town, disability or resignation of the board of selectmen, no member of the board remains in office, a justice of the superior court, on application of 25 voters, or of 1/6 part of the voters of the town, may issue a warrant for such meeting.|||Source. RS 32:10. CS 34:10. GS 35:10. 1875, 2:1. GL 38:10. PS 41:10. PL 45:9. 1939, 21:1. RL 57:9.|
NH Rev Stat § 39:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 39 - Time for Holding Town Meetings and Warning Thereof|Section 39:11 - Warrant of Justice.

    39:11 Warrant of Justice. –||The warrant of a justice of the superior court for a town meeting shall be under his hand, directed to the sheriff or a deputy sheriff of the county in which the town is situate; it shall specify the time, place and object of such meeting and shall be served and returned in the same manner as warrants issued by selectmen.|||Source. RS 32:11. CS 34:11. GS 35:11. GL 38:11. PS 41:11. PL 45:10. 1939, 21:1. RL 57:10.|
NH Rev Stat § 39:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 39 - Time for Holding Town Meetings and Warning Thereof|Section 39:12 - Other Warning.

    39:12 Other Warning. –||Any town may, by vote, prescribe a different method of warning meetings; and the meetings warned in pursuance of such vote shall be legal and valid.|||Source. RS 32:6. CS 34:6. GS 35:6. GL 38:6. PS 41:6. PL 45:11. RL 57:11.|
NH Rev Stat § 39:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 39 - Time for Holding Town Meetings and Warning Thereof|Section 39:13 - Penalty for Failure to Give Notice.

    39:13 Penalty for Failure to Give Notice. –||If the selectmen neglect to issue a warrant for any town meeting or town election or neglect to cause copies of such warrant, if not directed to a constable, to be duly posted, or notice of such meeting or election to be given 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. RS 32:12. CS 34:12. GS 35:12. GL 38:12. PS 41:12. PL 45:12. RL 57:12. RSA 39:13. 1973, 531:10. 1979, 410:5, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 39:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 39 - Time for Holding Town Meetings and Warning Thereof|Section 39:14 - Adjournment Date Falling on Sunday.

    39:14 Adjournment Date Falling on Sunday. –||Whenever any adjournment of any town meeting shall fall upon a Sunday, it shall be held on the next secular day thereafter, at the same time and place, and the proceedings thereon at that time shall be of the same force and validity as if the meeting had been adjourned thereto.|||Source. 1919, 102:1. PL 45:13. RL 57:13.|
NH Rev Stat § 40:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 40 - Government of Town Meeting|Section 40:1 - Election.

    40:1 Election. –||Every 2 years commencing in 1978 or 1979, as applicable, a moderator shall be chosen by ballot, by plurality vote. The moderator so chosen shall assume office upon the adjournment of the regular town business meeting held in that year in accordance with RSA 39:1 or 39:2-a and upon qualification for office, whichever is later. The moderator shall serve through the adjournment of the regular town business meeting 2 years following the moderator's election and until the qualification of a successor, whichever is later. The election of the moderator in a town shall be at the annual meeting in every even-numbered year. The election of moderators in city wards shall be at every other regular city election.|||Source. RS 33:3. 1847, 490:2. CS 35:3. GS 36:3. GL 39:3. PS 42:1. PL 46:1. RL 58:1. RSA 40:1. 1977, 435:1. 1979, 410:6, eff. July 1, 1979. 1996, 64:2, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 40:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 40 - Government of Town Meeting|Section 40:2 - Repealed by 1979, 410:2, II, eff. July 1, 1979.

    40:2 Repealed by 1979, 410:2, II, eff. July 1, 1979. –|
NH Rev Stat § 40:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 40 - Government of Town Meeting|Section 40:3 - Pro Tem.

    40:3 Pro Tem. –||If the moderator is absent from any meeting or is unable to perform the duties of the office of moderator, a moderator pro tempore shall be appointed by the board of supervisors of the checklist of the town or ward, or by the selectmen of a town or ward where there is no board of supervisors.|||Source. PS 42:3. 1903, 64:1. PL 46:3. RL 58:3. RSA 40:3. 1996, 64:3, eff. July 1, 1996. 2017, 3:1, eff. May 30, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 40:3-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 40 - Government of Town Meeting|Section 40:3-a - Assistant Moderator.

    40:3-a Assistant Moderator. –||The moderator may appoint an assistant moderator, who shall take the oath of office in the same manner as the moderator and shall hold office at the pleasure of the moderator, and shall have all the powers and duties which the moderator has, subject to the control of the moderator.|||Source. 1957, 84:1, eff. April 24, 1957.|
NH Rev Stat § 40:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 40 - Government of Town Meeting|Section 40:4 - Duties.

    40:4 Duties. –||I. The moderator shall preside in the town meetings, regulate the business thereof, decide questions of order, and make a public declaration of every vote passed, and may prescribe rules of proceeding; but such rules may be altered by the town.||II. (a) If the National Weather Service issues a weather event warning applicable to a town on the date of a deliberative session or business session of a town meeting, which the moderator reasonably believes may cause the roads to be hazardous or unsafe, the moderator may, up to 2 hours but not more than 48 hours prior to the scheduled session, postpone and reschedule the session of the meeting to another reasonable date, place, and time certain. If an accident, natural disaster, or other emergency occurs which the moderator reasonably believes may render use of the meeting location unsafe, the moderator may, at any time prior to the scheduled deliberative or business session, postpone and reschedule the session to a date, place, and time certain. To the extent practical, prior to making a decision to postpone, the moderator shall consult with the governing body, the clerk, and as appropriate for the circumstances the police chief, the fire chief, the road agent, and the local emergency management director. The moderator shall employ whatever means are available to inform citizens of the postponement and the rescheduled date or dates.||(b) In the event of a weather or other emergency as described in RSA 669:1 that occurs on or before the date of an official ballot voting day as defined in RSA 652:16-g, which the moderator reasonably believes may cause the roads to be hazardous or unsafe, the moderator may postpone the session in accordance with RSA 669:1 and RSA 669:1-a.||(c) The date originally scheduled shall continue to be deemed the deliberative session, business session, or official ballot voting day of the meeting for purposes of satisfying statutory meeting date requirements; provided, that in towns or districts that have adopted RSA 40:13, the postponement shall not delay the deliberative session more than 72 hours.|||Source. Const., Art. 32. RS 33:3. 1847, 490:1. CS 35:3. GS 36:3. PS 42:5. PL 46:4. RL 58:4. RSA 40:4. 1998, 278:1, eff. Aug. 25, 1998. 2019, 192:1, eff. July 10, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 40:4-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 40 - Government of Town Meeting|Section 40:4-a - Secret Ballot.

    40:4-a Secret Ballot. –||I. (a) At any meeting of a town with a population of more than 500, 5 voters who are present may make a request in writing prior to a vote by voice vote or division vote that the vote be taken by secret written ballot. Upon receiving such a request, the moderator shall conduct the vote by secret "yes-no" ballot.||(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on the request of 5 voters who are present, the moderator shall conduct a recount on any vote taken by secret written ballot under subparagraph (a). The recount shall take place immediately following public announcement of the vote taken providing that the vote margin is not more than 10 percent of the total vote cast. There shall be no fee required for a recount under this section.||II. At any meeting of a town of a population 500 or less, 3 voters who are present may request secret balloting or recounting as provided in paragraph I.|||Source. 1971, 524:1. 1994, 71:1, eff. July 5, 1994. 2006, 117:1, eff. July 9, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 40:4-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 40 - Government of Town Meeting|Section 40:4-b - Questioning a Vote.

    40:4-b Questioning a Vote. –||When any vote, other than by ballot, declared by the moderator or other officer presiding shall, immediately and before any other business is begun, be questioned in writing or orally by 7 or more of the voters present, the moderator or other officer presiding shall retake the vote by secret "yes-no" ballot.|||Source. 1971, 524:1, eff. July 7, 1971.|
NH Rev Stat § 40:4-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 40 - Government of Town Meeting|Section 40:4-c - Recount.

    40:4-c Recount. –||I. If any 10 voters of a town shall, before the expiration of 7 days from the date of an annual meeting or special meeting, apply in writing to the town clerk for a recount of the ballots given in at said meeting on any question, affecting said town only, legally appearing on the official Australian or nonpartisan ballot used at said meeting, said clerk shall appoint a time and place for the recount not earlier than 5 days nor later than 10 days after the receipt of said application. The clerk shall give notice by mail of the recount to the first-named voter who applied for a recount on a question and to any other person who requested notice in writing, at least 3 days prior to the day appointed for the recount of ballots. Notice of the time and place of the recount shall be posted in 2 public places at least 24 hours prior to the recount. The applicants for such recount shall pay to the town clerk a fee of $10 for conducting the recount.||II. The recount shall be held at the time and place appointed, and the ballots shall be recounted by the board of recount in accordance with the procedures for recounts of town elections under RSA 669:30-33.|||Source. 1979, 410:23. 1981, 454:2, eff. Aug. 22, 1981. 2015, 159:1, eff. Aug. 25, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 40:4-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 40 - Government of Town Meeting|Section 40:4-d - Declaration of Results.

    40:4-d Declaration of Results. –||If, in the case of a recount of votes, it shall appear that the result of the vote on the question was other than as declared by the moderator, the board of recount shall declare the result found by it and shall, after 5 days from such declaration, if no appeal is taken to the superior court, certify such declaration to the town clerk and said declaration shall be final, unless the result is changed upon appeal to the superior court.|||Source. 1979, 410:23, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 40:4-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 40 - Government of Town Meeting|Section 40:4-e - Use of Ballot for Town Meeting Articles.

    40:4-e Use of Ballot for Town Meeting Articles. –||No question submitted to voters at a town meeting or election pursuant to RSA 39:3-d shall be submitted by use of a question printed on the official ballot unless that form of submission is specifically authorized or required by law.|||Source. 1979, 445:2, eff. Aug. 24, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 40:4-f (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 40 - Government of Town Meeting|Section 40:4-f - Checklist Update.

    40:4-f Checklist Update. –||An updated checklist shall be used for all town meetings and elections as provided in RSA 669:5.|||Source. 1981, 571:3, eff. Sept. 4, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 40:4-g (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 40 - Government of Town Meeting|Section 40:4-g - Intent of the Voter.

    40:4-g Intent of the Voter. –||In any vote conducted pursuant to this chapter, every ballot shall be counted if the intent of the voter can be determined, regardless of whether the voter followed any instructions relative to marking the ballot provided before the vote.|||Source. 2019, 148:1, eff. Aug. 30, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 40:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 40 - Government of Town Meeting|Section 40:5 - Repealed by 1971, 524:3, eff. July 7, 1971.

    40:5 Repealed by 1971, 524:3, eff. July 7, 1971. –|