reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
NH Rev Stat § 669:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:23 - Preparation of Voting Materials.

    669:23 Preparation of Voting Materials. –||The town clerk shall prepare the official ballots for the town and shall arrange the names of candidates upon said ballots in parallel columns. Immediately above the names of each block of candidates shall be printed the title of the office for which they are candidates, such as "For Selectman." Below the title of each office shall be printed in small but easily legible type the words "Vote for not more than (here insert a number designating how many persons are to be voted for)." Directly to the right of the name of each candidate there shall be a square. Whenever there are 2 or more candidates for the same office the names shall be printed upon the ballot in the alphabetical order of their surnames according to the alphabetization procedure established in RSA 656:5-a. Following the names printed on the ballot under the title of each office, there shall be as many blank lines as there are persons to be elected to that office.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 2001, 80:1. 2010, 330:6, eff. July 20, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:24 - Paper, Uniformity, Endorsement.

    669:24 Paper, Uniformity, Endorsement. –||The ballots shall be printed on plain white paper, in weight not less than that of ordinary printing paper; provided, however, that if more than one ballot is used during any town election, each ballot shall be of a different color than any other ballot used at the election. There shall be no impression or mark to distinguish one ballot from another. The names of all candidates shall be printed in uniform type and the ballots shall be folded so that their width and length when folded shall be uniform. On the back, or at the top of the face, of each ballot shall be printed the words "Official Ballot for the Town of __________," the date of the election, and a facsimile of the signature of the town clerk who prepared the ballot. For ballots transmitted electronically, the words "Official Ballot for the Town of __________" shall be located at the top of the face of the ballot.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 1991, 370:2. 2010, 317:62, eff. July 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:25 - Conduct.

    669:25 Conduct. –||In towns which have adopted an official ballot system, the town election shall be conducted in the same manner as a state general election as provided in RSA 658 and 659, except that RSA 659:77, III-V and 659:78 shall not apply, and except that all duties required to be performed by the secretary of state under those chapters shall be performed by the town clerk, and except that no copy of marked or unmarked checklists need be forwarded to the state archives or federal district court as provided in RSA 659:102. Polling hours for a town meeting or election shall be set by the selectmen or by a vote of the town.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 1981, 454:10. 2010, 317:63, eff. July 18, 2010. 2018, 100:3, eff. July 24, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:26 - Absentee Voting.

    669:26 Absentee Voting. –||I. Every town which has adopted an official ballot system for town elections as provided in RSA 669:12 or 669:13 shall provide for absentee voting. Any eligible voter who is absent from such a town on the day of a town election, or who cannot appear in public on election day because of his or her observance of a religious commitment, or who, by reason of physical disability, is unable to vote in person may vote at a town election in accordance with the provisions of this section and RSA 669:27-669:29. A person who is unable to appear at any time during polling hours at his or her polling place because of an employment obligation shall be considered absent for purposes of this section and RSA 669:27-669:29. For the purposes of this section, the term "employment" shall include the care of children and infirm adults, with or without compensation.||II. When the National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning, blizzard warning, or ice storm warning for election day applicable to the town:||(a) A person who is elderly or infirm or who has a physical disability, who otherwise would have voted in person but has concerns for his or her safety traveling in the storm, shall be considered absent for purposes of this section and RSA 669:27-669:29 and may vote absentee on the Monday immediately prior to the election.||(b) A person who cares for children or infirm adults who reasonably anticipates that school, child care, or adult care will be canceled, who otherwise would have voted in person but will be deterred from voting by the need to care for children or infirm adults, shall be considered absent for purposes of this section and RSA 669:27-669:29 and may vote absentee on the Monday immediately prior to the election.||(c) As required by RSA 652:20, the clerk's office shall be open to receive applications for absentee ballots, to provide voters the opportunity to complete absentee ballots, and to receive returned ballots on the Monday immediately prior to an election at a minimum from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The clerk may designate a deputy clerk or assistant to provide this service, provided the individual has taken the oath of office and has been trained in the requirements for using an absentee ballot and the procedures for issuing and receiving absentee ballots.|||Source. 1979, 308:7; 410:1. 1981, 454:11. 2006, 136:3. 2010, 317:64, eff. July 18, 2010. 2016, 130:4, eff. May 27, 2016. 2018, 329:6, eff. Jan. 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:27 - Forms.

    669:27 Forms. –||Prior to each such election, the clerk shall prepare in such quantities as he may deem necessary the following forms:||I. Official absentee voting ballots, with the words "absentee ballot" printed on them, similar in form to the official ballot to be used at said election, and similarly endorsed and printed on paper of the same color as that used for official ballots;||II. Blank forms of application for absentee ballots worded similar in form to those required by RSA 657:4.||III. Envelopes of sufficient size to contain the ballots specified in paragraph I, on which shall be printed an affidavit similar in form to that required by RSA 657:7 or 657:8, as applicable.|||Source. 1979, 308:8; 410:1. 1981, 392:4. 1987, 276:7. 2003, 289:47. 2006, 136:4. 2010, 317:65, eff. July 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:28 - Instructions; Information.

    669:28 Instructions;  Information. –||The secretary of state shall prepare for the use of the clerks such printed information and instructions, subject to the approval of the attorney general, as he shall deem appropriate to carry into effect the purposes hereof. The secretary of state shall furnish such material to the clerks of all towns, cities, village districts and school districts.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:29 - Application of Statutes.

    669:29 Application of Statutes. –||The procedure for absentee voting in town elections shall be the same as in state elections as provided in RSA 657:2, 657:6, 657:7, 657:8, 657:12, and 657:14 through 657:24. With respect to the provisions of RSA 657:19, absentee ballots shall not be required to be sent to absent uniformed services voters or absent voters temporarily residing outside the United States at least 45 days prior to town elections, but shall be sent by the clerk as long before election day as is practical.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 1981, 169:2; 454:12. 2010, 317:66, eff. July 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:30 - Recounts; Application.

    669:30 Recounts;  Application. –||Any person for whom a vote was cast and recorded for any office at a town election may, no later than the Friday following the election, apply in writing to the town clerk for a recount of the ballots cast for such office, the clerk shall appoint a time for the recount not earlier than 5 days nor later than 10 days after the receipt of said application.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 1981, 454:13. 1994, 4:32, eff. May 27, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:31 - Notice; Fee.

    669:31 Notice;  Fee. –||I. The clerk shall notify each of the candidates for the office for which there is to be a recount at least 3 days prior to the day appointed for the recount of ballots. No other notice shall be required.||II. The applicant shall pay to the town clerk, for the use of the town, the following fee:||(a) If the difference between the vote cast for the applying candidate and a candidate declared elected is less than one percent of the total votes cast, the fee shall be $10.||(b) If the difference between the vote cast for the applying candidate and a candidate declared elected is between one percent and 2 percent of the total votes cast, the fee shall be $20.||(c) If the difference between the vote cast for the applying candidate and a candidate declared elected is between 2 percent and 3 percent of the total votes cast, the fee shall be $40.||(d) If the difference between the vote cast for the applying candidate and a candidate declared elected is greater than 3 percent of the total votes cast, the candidate shall pay the fee as provided in RSA 669:31, II(c) and shall agree in writing with the town clerk to pay any additional costs of the recount.||III. If any person who has applied for a recount is declared elected by reason of the recount, the town clerk shall return to the person within 10 days of the recount all fees paid at the time of applying.||IV. If any person who has applied for a recount loses the recount by a margin of less than one percent of the total votes cast, the town clerk shall return to the person within 10 days of the recount any fees that were paid in excess of those required by subparagraph II(a).|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 1981, 454:14. 2003, 34:1, eff. July 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:32 - Board of Recount.

    669:32 Board of Recount. –||At the time and place so appointed and notified, the clerk shall publicly break the seal of and open the package in which the ballots of said election are kept; and, thereupon, said ballots shall be recounted by the clerk, the moderator, and the selectmen of said town who shall constitute the board of recount. When counting the ballots, the board of recount or their assistants shall visually inspect each ballot. No mechanical, optical, or electronic device shall be used for the counting of ballots. Any member of the board of recount who is one of the candidates for the office being recounted shall disqualify himself or herself from the board of recount for all official duties of said board. The moderator shall appoint an assistant who shall take the same oath as, serve in the same capacity as, and have all the powers of the recount official whom he or she has replaced.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 1981, 454:15. 2006, 41:5, eff. June 17, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:33 - Preservation of Ballots After Recount.

    669:33 Preservation of Ballots After Recount. –||I. Upon the conclusion of the recount, the clerk shall place the ballots and all envelopes or wrappers which had previously contained them in a suitable container showing the contents and the date when and the reason why it was opened; and said clerk shall retain said ballots until the expiration of 60 days from the date of the recount unless some action is pending which makes their further preservation necessary or unless enjoined by action brought before the superior court.||II. Ballots, including cast, cancelled, and uncast ballots and successfully challenged absentee ballots still contained in their envelopes, prepared or preserved in accordance with the election laws shall be exempt from the provisions of RSA 91-A. This exemption shall apply to any ballots or absentee voter affidavit envelopes prepared for or used in any election conducted by the state or any political subdivision, including federal elections.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 1981, 454:16. 2003, 289:62, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:34 - Declaration of Results.

    669:34 Declaration of Results. –||I. Upon completion of the recount, the board of recount shall publicly declare the results and certify such declaration to the town clerk.||II. The town clerk shall record the certificate received under paragraph I; and the person so declared to have been elected shall, unless the result is changed upon appeal to the superior court, be the duly elected officer of such town.||III. A person declared elected at the election whose election is affirmed by the recount may take the oath of office and assume office at any time following declaration of the results of the recount, provided the oath is taken by the deadline established by RSA 42:6.||IV. When a different person is declared elected following the recount, if no appeal is taken that person may take the oath of office and assume office on the sixth day following the date of the recount, provided that the oath is taken by the deadline established by RSA 42:6.||V. If a different person is declared elected following the recount, and an appeal is taken, that person may not assume office until the superior court has issued a final ruling on the appeal. The person holding the office prior to the election shall continue to hold the office until a successor is declared elected by the superior court and the person declared elected by the court takes the oath of office.||VI. When an appeal involves a multi-seat office, every declared candidate for that office and any write-in candidate who received 5 percent or more of the votes cast shall be entitled to notice of the appeal and may choose to become a party to the appeal. When ruling on an appeal involving an election where voters elected more than one person to a multi-seat office, the court may remove from office any person who was declared elected at the election and at the recount who has already taken the oath of office and assumed office if the court determines that it is more likely than not that a different person was elected to that seat. The validity of any actions taken by a person who assumes office pursuant to this section and is later removed as a result of an appeal may not be challenged on the basis that the person was subsequently removed as a result of the appeal.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 2008, 280:2, eff. Aug. 26, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:35 - Appeal From Recount.

    669:35 Appeal From Recount. –||Any person aggrieved by a ruling of the board of recount with respect to any ballot may, within 5 days thereafter, appeal to the superior court for the county in which such town is located; and such court shall have jurisdiction in equity to hear and determine the question presented. The person shall also file a copy of the appeal with the town clerk by 5:00 p.m. on the fifth day following the date of the recount.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 2008, 280:3, eff. Aug. 26, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:36 - Tie Vote.

    669:36 Tie Vote. –||In case of a tie vote at any town election, except as provided for unofficial ballots in RSA 669:60, the winner shall be determined by lot by the town clerk in the presence of the candidates who are tied if, upon notice from him, they elect to be present.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:37 - Nomination by Caucus.

    669:37 Nomination by Caucus. –||In a town which has adopted the partisan ballot system under RSA 669:12, nominations may be made by any caucus of legal voters representing a political party which at the state election next preceding polled at least 3 percent of the entire vote cast in the state for the office of governor.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:38 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:38 - Party Regulations.

    669:38 Party Regulations. –||Any party qualified to hold a caucus may, in convention or by its recognized political committee, make regulations concerning the manner of holding the caucus consistent with the provisions of this subdivision.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:39 - When Held.

    669:39 When Held. –||Any caucus held for the nomination of candidates for town officers shall be held not later than the sixth Friday before the town election at which such officers are to be elected.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 1987, 299:5, eff. July 24, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:40 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:40 - Notice.

    669:40 Notice. –||All town caucuses shall be called by a notice posted in 4 conspicuous places in the town and published in some newspaper, if there be any published in the town, 10 days or more before the day of the caucus. Such notice shall specify the place, day and hour of meeting, and the time during which the polls shall be open for the reception of ballots.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:41 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:41 - Checklists.

    669:41 Checklists. –||The checklist for use at any caucus shall be prepared by the local executive committee of the party holding the caucus. Notice of the times when, and places where, the executive committee shall meet for the purpose of receiving evidence and suggestions as to the make-up of the checklist shall be included in the notice of the caucus.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:42 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:42 - Filing.

    669:42 Filing. –||A candidate for nomination for office shall file his name, and a declaration of the office for which he is filing, with the clerk of the political party holding the caucus at least 5 days before the date of the caucus. The clerk shall prepare the ballots to be used for said caucus and no other ballots shall be used at said caucus.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:43 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:43 - Ballots.

    669:43 Ballots. –||Voting at the caucus shall be by ballot. The committee shall have full power to regulate the form, size and character of the ballots to be used.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:44 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:44 - Additional Polling Place.

    669:44 Additional Polling Place. –||Any caucus held under the provisions of this subdivision in a town which has voted to adopt the provisions for an additional polling place may be held at the central polling place in said town and also at said additional polling place. The local executive committee of the party holding the caucus shall prepare a checklist for each polling place. The polls at the additional polling place shall close one hour prior to the closing of polls at the central polling place and the ballot boxes from the additional polling place shall be taken to the central polling place where they shall be opened and counted.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:45 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:45 - Hours of Polling.

    669:45 Hours of Polling. –||The time the polls shall be open at caucuses shall be fixed by the executive committee of the party in the town holding the caucus. In towns and wards having not more than 2,000 inhabitants, according to the last preceding national census, the polls shall be open not less than 2 hours, and, in those having more than 2,000 inhabitants according to such census, not less than 3 hours.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:46 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:46 - Additions.

    669:46 Additions. –||No name shall be placed on the checklist after the hour for opening the caucus has arrived except the name of a person whose right to vote in the caucus is well known to the executive committee.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:47 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:47 - Challenge.

    669:47 Challenge. –||When the right of any person to vote in a caucus is challenged, he shall subscribe to the following oath or affirmation before his vote shall be received: I, __________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a legal voter in __________, and that I intend to vote the ticket of the party holding this caucus at the next election.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:48 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:48 - Prohibited Acts.

    669:48 Prohibited Acts. –||No person shall vote in any caucus unless his name is on the checklist used by said caucus except as provided in RSA 669:46. No person shall vote using the name of any other person; and no person shall vote in the caucus of more than one political party, or, having voted in the caucus of a political party, sign the nomination papers of any other political party for that election. No person shall vote in any caucus unless he intends to support the ticket of the party holding the caucus at the next election.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:49 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:49 - Plurality; Certificates of Nomination.

    669:49 Plurality;  Certificates of Nomination. –||A plurality of votes shall be sufficient to nominate a candidate for town office by caucus. After the caucus, certificates of nomination shall be made and shall indicate the name and domicile of each candidate, the office for which he is nominated and the political principles or party he represents, and shall be signed by the chairman and clerk of the caucus or convention; and, when practicable, such certificates of nomination shall be signed by each candidate; but the absence of the signature of the candidate shall not invalidate a certificate of nomination.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|