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NH Rev Stat § 652:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 652 - General Provisions|Section 652:26 - Voter Education Requirements.

    652:26 Voter Education Requirements. –||I. The secretary of state shall prepare an explanatory document explaining the proof of identity requirements of RSA 659:13, including all the permissible methods for proving identity and the dates of applicability of these requirements. The secretary of state shall provide copies of the explanatory document to all towns and wards, so it will be available to all persons registering to vote at the city or town hall and at all polling places at each election held after the effective date of this section.||II. The secretary of state shall take whatever measures he or she deems necessary to educate the public about the voter identification requirements in RSA 659:13. Such measures shall include prominently displaying on the department of state's website information for voters relating to the voter identification requirements in RSA 659:13. The department shall also provide explanatory information relating to voter identification requirements to media outlets that request such information and shall encourage such outlets to assist the department in educating the public about the voter identification requirements in RSA 659:13.|||Source. 2012, 284:2, eff. June 27, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 653:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 653 - Election of Officers and Delegates|Section 653:2 - Electors of the President and Vice-President.

    653:2 Electors of the President and Vice-President. –||At the state general election in 1980 and at the state general election every fourth year thereafter, the voters of the state shall elect the number of electors of the president and vice-president of the United States to which the state is entitled.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 653:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 653 - Election of Officers and Delegates|Section 653:3 - United States Senators.

[The amendment to RSA 653:3 by 1995, 108:2 is omitted in light of the United States supreme court decision invalidating state-imposed congressional term limits. See U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton (1995) 514 U.S. 779.]|    653:3 United States Senators. –||At the state general election in 1980 and at the state general election every sixth year thereafter and at the state general election in 1984 and at the state general election every sixth year thereafter, the voters of the state shall elect one United States senator.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 653:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 653 - Election of Officers and Delegates|Section 653:4 - United States Representatives.

[The amendment to RSA 653:4 by 1995, 108:3 is omitted in light of the United States supreme court decision invalidating state-imposed congressional term limits. See U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton (1995) 514 U.S. 779.] |    653:4 United States Representatives. –||At every state general election, the voters of each congressional district shall elect one United States representative.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 653:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 653 - Election of Officers and Delegates|Section 653:5 - Delegates to National Party Conventions.

    653:5 Delegates to National Party Conventions. –||At every presidential primary election, the voters of the state shall vote their preference for party candidates for president and thereby choose the delegates to each presidential nominating convention to which the state is entitled.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 653:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 653 - Election of Officers and Delegates|Section 653:6 - Delegates to State Party Conventions.

    653:6 Delegates to State Party Conventions. –||At every state primary election, the voters in each state representative district shall elect delegates to each state party convention in accordance with the districts laid out in RSA 662:6. In order to be elected as a delegate to a state party convention, a person shall be a registered voter of the same party in the district from which the person is to be elected, and shall receive either a minimum of 10 votes or 10 percent of the votes cast in the district from which the person is to be elected, whichever is less. A person who is entitled to serve as a delegate because he or she has been nominated for office as provided in RSA 667:21 shall not be entitled to serve as an elected delegate under this section, and the next highest eligible vote-getter shall be elected.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1992, 68:1. 1995, 47:3. 2005, 5:1, eff. July 2, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 653:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 653 - Election of Officers and Delegates|Section 653:7 - State General Election.

    653:7 State General Election. –||The state general election shall be held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November of every even-numbered year.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 653:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 653 - Election of Officers and Delegates|Section 653:8 - State Primary Election.

    653:8 State Primary Election. –||The state primary election shall be held on the second Tuesday in September of every even-numbered year.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 653:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 653 - Election of Officers and Delegates|Section 653:9 - Presidential Primary Election.

    653:9 Presidential Primary Election. –||The presidential primary election shall be held on the second Tuesday in March or on a date selected by the secretary of state which is 7 days or more immediately preceding the date on which any other state shall hold a similar election, whichever is earlier, of each year when a president of the United States is to be elected or the year previous. Said primary shall be held in connection with the regular March town meeting or election or, if held on any other day, at a special election called by the secretary of state for that purpose. The purpose of this section is to protect the tradition of the New Hampshire first-in-the-nation presidential primary.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1995, 289:1. 1999, 161:2. 2007, 212:4. 2010, 121:1, eff. Aug. 8, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 653:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 653 - Election of Officers and Delegates|Section 653:10 - Assumption of Office.

    653:10 Assumption of Office. –||Federal officers-elect shall assume office on the date set by the U.S. Constitution. State officers-elect shall assume office on the date set by the New Hampshire Constitution. County officers-elect shall assume office on the first Wednesday after the first Tuesday in January of the year following the state general election at which they were elected.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1983, 426:1, eff. Aug. 23, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:1 - Voter; Office Holder.

    654:1 Voter;  Office Holder. –||I. Every inhabitant of the state, having a single established domicile for voting purposes, being a citizen of the United States, of the age provided for in Article 11 of Part First of the Constitution of New Hampshire, shall have a right at any meeting or election, to vote in the town, ward, or unincorporated place in which he or she is domiciled. An inhabitant's domicile for voting purposes is that one place where a person, more than any other place, has established a physical presence and manifests an intent to maintain a single continuous presence for domestic, social, and civil purposes relevant to participating in democratic self-government. A person has the right to change domicile at any time, however a mere intention to change domicile in the future does not, of itself, terminate an established domicile before the person actually moves.||I-a. A student of any institution of learning may lawfully claim domicile for voting purposes in the New Hampshire town or city in which he or she lives while attending such institution of learning if such student's claim of domicile otherwise meets the requirements of RSA 654:1, I.||II. Any elected or appointed official for whom one of the qualifications for his or her position is eligibility to be a voter in the area represented or served shall be considered to have resigned if the official moves his or her domicile so that he or she can no longer qualify to be a voter in the area represented or served. Any vacancy so created shall be filled as prescribed by law.|||Source. 1979, 396:1; 436:1. 2003, 289:23. 2007, 9:1. 2009, 288:1. 2012, 285:1, eff. Aug. 26, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:2-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:2-a - Voters Confined in Penal Institutions.

    654:2-a Voters Confined in Penal Institutions. –||I. The domicile for voting purposes of a person confined in a penal institution shall be the town or city in New Hampshire in which such person had his or her domicile immediately prior to such confinement, even though such person no longer maintains a domicile in said town or city and even though his or her intent to return thereto is uncertain. The domicile for voting purposes of a person confined in a penal institution shall not include the municipality where the person is confined unless the person was domiciled in that municipality prior to confinement. If the person was domiciled immediately prior to confinement in the municipality where the person is confined, the person shall be considered absent for purposes of voter registration and absentee voting during the period of confinement.||II. A person confined in a penal institution whose domicile is in a town or city in New Hampshire shall be eligible to vote in state elections and shall exercise that right by absentee ballot provided:||(a) The person complies with all other applicable requirements and qualifications of the state of New Hampshire, including, but not limited to, the requirement that an absentee voter take the steps necessary to have his or her name placed on the voter checklist no later than 10 days before an election and the requirement that the absentee voter take the steps necessary to make sure that his or her ballot is received by the town or city clerk from whom it was sent by 5:00 p.m. on election day. A person confined in a penal institution shall use the mail to comply with all applicable requirements and qualifications.||(b) The person is not registered to vote or eligible to vote in any other state or election district of a state or in any territory or possession of the United States.||(c) The person is not a citizen of another state.||III. In completing a voter registration form, as specified in RSA 654:7, or an absentee ballot application, as specified in RSA 657:4, I, a person confined in a penal institution shall list the address of his or her domicile in the address section, and the address of the penal institution in the mailing address section.|||Source. 1999, 228:1. 2003, 289:63, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. 2021, 96:1, eff. Aug. 30, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:3 - Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) Voters.

    654:3 Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) Voters. –||I. Absent uniformed services voters. An absent uniformed services voter, being a citizen of the United States and being at least 18 years of age as provided in Article 11 of Part First of the constitution of New Hampshire, shall have the right to vote absentee in any state election in the town or city in New Hampshire in which he or she had his or her domicile immediately prior to service, even though he or she no longer maintains domicile in said town or city and even though his or her intent to return thereto is uncertain, provided:||(a) He or she complies with all other applicable requirements and qualifications of the state of New Hampshire.||(b) He or she is not registered to vote in any other state or election district of a state, or in any territory or possession of the United States.||II. Absent voters temporarily residing outside the United States. An absent voter temporarily residing outside the United States, being a citizen of the United States and being at least 18 years of age as provided in Article 11 of Part First of the constitution of New Hampshire shall have the right to vote absentee in any election in the town or city in New Hampshire in which he or she had his or her domicile immediately prior to his or her departure provided:||(a) He or she complies with all other applicable requirements and qualifications of the state of New Hampshire; and||(b) He or she is not domiciled and is not registered to vote in any other state or election district of a state, or in any territory or possession of the United States; and||(c) He or she has a valid passport or card of identity issued under the authority of the Secretary of State of the United States.||III. Federal ballot only voters domiciled outside the United States. Any United States citizen, being at least 18 years of age as provided in Article 11 of Part First of the constitution of New Hampshire, who is domiciled outside the United States, shall have the right to register absentee and to vote for federal offices in the town or city in New Hampshire in which he or she, or a parent or legal guardian of said voter, had his or her domicile immediately prior to his or her departure from the United States, even though he or she no longer maintains domicile in said town or city and even though his or her intent to return thereto is uncertain, provided:||(a) He or she complies with all other applicable requirements and qualifications of the state of New Hampshire; and||(b) He or she is not domiciled in and is not registered to vote in any other state or election district of a state, or in any territory or possession of the United States; and||(c) He or she has a valid passport or card of identity issued under the authority of the Secretary of State of the United States.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1988, 209:1. 2003, 289:49. 2010, 317:5, eff. July 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:4 - Repealed by 2010, 317:71, I, eff. July 18, 2010.

    654:4 Repealed by 2010, 317:71, I, eff. July 18, 2010. –|
NH Rev Stat § 654:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:5 - Disqualification for Felony.

    654:5 Disqualification for Felony. –||A person sentenced for a felony shall forfeit his rights as provided in RSA 607-A:2.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:6 - Disqualification for Bribery or Intimidation.

    654:6 Disqualification for Bribery or Intimidation. –||Any person convicted of bribery or intimidation relating to elections under RSA 659:40 shall thereafter be forever disqualified from exercising the right to vote, except that the supreme court may, on notice to the attorney general, restore the privileges of a voter to any person who may have forfeited them by conviction of such offenses.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:7-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:7-a - Registering at the Polling Place; Election Day Registration.

    654:7-a Registering at the Polling Place;  Election Day Registration. –||I. The provisions of this section and those of RSA 654:7-b shall be used as an additional procedure for voter registration. For the purposes of this section and RSA 654:7-b, the term "election day" shall refer to state primary and to state general elections, to all town, city, school district, and village district elections, and to all official ballot meetings where persons may vote by absentee ballot. A person who registers to vote on election day according to the provisions of this section shall also be required to complete the voter registration form provided for in RSA 654:7, IV(c). The provisions of this section and those of RSA 654:7-b shall apply notwithstanding any provision of RSA 654 to the contrary.||II. Any person whose name is not on the checklist but who is otherwise a qualified voter shall be entitled to vote by requesting to be registered to vote at the polling place on election day. The voter may then vote at that election. The applicant shall be required to produce appropriate proof of qualifications as provided in RSA 654:12.||III. Any person who is waiting to register to vote at the polling place on election day at the time scheduled for the closing of the polls shall be allowed to vote if determined to be qualified to register.|||Source. 1994, 154:2. 1995, 187:1. 1997, 49:1. 2000, 34:1. 2003, 289:26, 64, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. 2017, 205:3, eff. Sept. 8, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:7-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:7-b - Effect of Registration on Election Day.

    654:7-b Effect of Registration on Election Day. –||Any person who registers to vote on election day according to the provisions of RSA 654:7-a shall be registered to vote at all subsequent town, city, school district, village district, state, and federal elections unless the person's name is removed from the checklist in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.|||Source. 1994, 154:2, eff. May 23, 1994. 2017, 205:4, eff. Sept. 8, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:7-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:7-c - Observation to Voter Registration.

    654:7-c Observation to Voter Registration. –||Any person shall have a right, as safety, welfare, and rights of voters permit, to observe in-person voter registration, wherever it is conducted, provided however, that the person may not be positioned within 5 feet of the voter registration table where the exchange of nonpublic information between the applicant for registration and the election official receiving the application may be heard or seen. When a person registers to vote on election day, the ballot clerk, upon adding the person's name to the checklist at the check-in table, shall publicly announce the person's name 2 times and shall publicly announce the address the person has registered as his or her domicile one time. These announcements shall be made in a manner that allows any person appointed as a challenger to hear the announcement. Where the physical layout of a polling place makes it impractical to position challengers or interested voters who are registered at that polling place where they can hear the announcement at the check-in table, the moderator shall arrange an alternative means for challengers or interested voters who are registered to vote at that polling place to be informed of the new voter's name and domicile address and be afforded an opportunity to challenge the voter at the check-in table.|||Source. 2009, 127:1, eff. Aug. 21, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:8 - Application to Town or City Clerk.

    654:8 Application to Town or City Clerk. –||The provisions of this section shall apply in all cities and in all towns. Any person who has his domicile in any town or city in this state and whose name does not appear on the checklist of said town or city may apply to the town or city clerk, or to the supervisors of the checklist as provided in RSA 654:11, for the purpose of having his name added thereto by filling out the form provided for in RSA 654:7. The office of the town or city clerk shall be required to accept applications from such persons under the following conditions:||I. The supervisors of the checklist may issue guidelines to the town clerk for the taking of evidence of qualifications presented by applicants.||II. No application hereunder shall be accepted after the last meeting of the supervisors of the checklist before an election.||III. Such application shall be made during the regular office hours of the town or city clerk.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1991, 79:1. 1992, 287:1, eff. July 17, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:8-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:8-a - Voter Registration in Cities.

    654:8-a Voter Registration in Cities. –||I. Any person qualified as a voter in a city whose name does not appear on the checklist where registration is required because the voter's voting domicile has changed from one ward in the city to another ward in the same city, and who is otherwise registered to vote in the election, may change voter registration at the office of the city clerk. A change in voter registration under this section shall be made no later than the final date set for correcting the checklist in the city. The city clerk shall require the voter to provide acceptable proof of identification and acceptable proof of domicile.||II. Upon compliance with the procedures in paragraph I, the city clerk shall notify the supervisors of the checklist of the proper polling place, directing that the voter be added to the checklist and be permitted to cast a ballot.|||Source. 1993, 36:1. 2003, 289:27, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:9 - Forms to be Forwarded.

    654:9 Forms to be Forwarded. –||The provisions of this section shall apply in all cities and in all towns. The town or city clerk shall present to the next meeting of the supervisors of the checklist the voter registration forms of all persons making application to the clerk since the previous meeting of said supervisors.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1992, 287:2. 2003, 289:50, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 654:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:10 - Repealed by 1992, 287:3, eff. July 17, 1992.

    654:10 Repealed by 1992, 287:3, eff. July 17, 1992. –|
NH Rev Stat § 654:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 654 - Voters and Checklists|Section 654:11 - Application to Supervisors.

    654:11 Application to Supervisors. –||When the supervisors of the checklist receive a registration form from the town or city clerk or when an applicant submits the form to said supervisors in person at a session for the correction of the checklist, the supervisors of the checklist shall cause his or her name to be added to the checklist, unless it is established that it is more likely than not that the applicant is not qualified to vote in the city or town under RSA 654:1 through 654:6. All decisions of the supervisors of the checklist shall be made by majority vote thereof.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 2003, 289:28, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|