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NH Rev Stat § 659:34-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:34-a - Voting in More Than One State Prohibited.

    659:34-a Voting in More Than One State Prohibited. –||I. A person is guilty of a class B felony if, at any election, such person knowingly checks in at the checklist and casts a New Hampshire ballot on which one or more federal or statewide offices or statewide questions are listed if the person also casts a ballot in the same election year in any election held in any other state or territory of the United States where one or more federal or statewide offices or statewide questions are listed. For federal or statewide offices and statewide questions, neither the candidates nor the questions need be the same in both jurisdictions for a violation to occur. The titles for offices need not be identical, but must serve an equivalent role in government, for a violation to occur.||II. Two or more elections occur with the same election year if:||(a) The election for federal or statewide office or on a question being voted on statewide in another state or territory is held on the same day that New Hampshire holds its general election; or||(b) The term of office for any office listed on the ballot in the other state or territory starts in the same year as the term of office for that office or its equivalent in New Hampshire.||III. The state shall not be required to prove that the person actually marked the ballot for a candidate for any specific office; it shall be sufficient to prove that the person cast a ballot. Evidence that a person was checked off on the checklist, or the equivalent record in another state or territory, as having voted is prima facie evidence that the person cast a ballot in that election.||IV. If the election in New Hampshire and the other state or territory are held on different dates, it is an affirmative defense that the person legitimately moved his or her domicile to or from the other state or territory between the dates when the elections were held.|||Source. 2006, 68:1, eff. Sept. 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:35 - Showing or Specially Marking Ballot.

    659:35 Showing or Specially Marking Ballot. –||I. No voter shall allow his or her ballot to be seen by any person with the intention of letting it be known how he or she is about to vote or how he or she has voted except as provided in RSA 659:20. This prohibition shall include taking a digital image or photograph of his or her marked ballot and distributing or sharing the image via social media or by any other means.||II. No voter shall place a distinguishing mark upon his or her ballot nor write in any name as the candidate of his or her choice with the intention of thereby placing a distinguishing mark upon the ballot.||III. No voter shall use or attempt to use any ballot not given him or her by the ballot clerk to accomplish any of the acts or purposes prohibited by paragraph I or II or both.||IV. Any person willfully violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation.||V. Before each state election, the secretary of state shall prepare and distribute to the town and ward clerks a sufficient number of posters measuring 8-1/2 inches by 11 inches highlighting the provisions of paragraphs I through IV.||VI. Each town and ward clerk shall prominently post the posters referred to in paragraph V at each polling place in his or her town or ward.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 2014, 82:1, eff. Sept. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:36 - Marking Ballot by Election Officers.

    659:36 Marking Ballot by Election Officers. –||No mark of any nature shall be placed on any ballot by an election officer except as provided in RSA 659:20, 659:22, 659:26-a, and 659:51. Whoever knowingly violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979. 2020, 35:5, eff. Sept. 26, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:37 - Interfering With Voter, Etc.

    659:37 Interfering With Voter, Etc. –||No person shall interfere or attempt to interfere with any voter when such voter is in the space within the guardrail or endeavor to induce any voter before voting to show how he marks or has marked his ballot. Whoever knowingly violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person or guilty of a felony if any other person.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:38 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:38 - Forgery; Removing Ballot.

    659:38 Forgery;  Removing Ballot. –||No person shall forge or falsely make the official endorsement on any official ballot, or furnish to any voter a ballot with the intent that such voter shall use the same in voting instead of the ballot given him by the ballot clerk, or take or remove any ballot outside the guardrail before the close of the polls, or knowingly delay the delivery of any ballots. Whoever knowingly violates this provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person or guilty of a felony if any other person.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:39 - Giving Liquor.

    659:39 Giving Liquor. –||Any person who shall directly or indirectly give intoxicating liquor to a voter at any time with a view to influencing any election shall be guilty as provided in RSA 640:2.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:40 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:40 - Bribing; Intimidation; Suppression.

    659:40 Bribing;  Intimidation;  Suppression. –||I. No person shall directly or indirectly bribe any person not to register to vote or any voter not to vote or to vote for or against any question submitted to voters or to vote for or against any ticket or candidate for office at any election.||II. No person shall use or threaten force, violence, or any tactic of coercion or intimidation to knowingly induce or compel any other person to vote or refrain from voting, vote or refrain from voting for any particular candidate or ballot measure, or refrain from registering to vote.||III. No person shall engage in voter suppression by knowingly attempting to prevent or deter another person from voting or registering to vote based on fraudulent, deceptive, misleading, or spurious grounds or information. Prohibited acts of voter suppression include:||(a) Challenging another person's right to register to vote or to vote based on information that he or she knows to be false or misleading.||(b) Attempting to induce another person to refrain from registering to vote or from voting by providing that person with information that he or she knows to be false or misleading.||(c) Attempting to induce another person to refrain from registering to vote or from voting at the proper place or time by providing information that he or she knows to be false or misleading about the date, time, place, or manner of the election.||IV. Whoever violates the provisions of this section or whoever conspires to violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class B felony.||V. This section is not intended to preclude prosecution or sentencing under any section of RSA 640.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 2008, 118:1, eff. July 1, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:40-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:40-a - Interference With Communications.

    659:40-a Interference With Communications. –||Any person who, on the day of any election, knowingly blocks, or solicits another person to block, the access of any candidate or committee to the candidate's or the committee's communications equipment or services with the intent of interfering with campaign activity shall be guilty of a class B felony.|||Source. 2003, 172:1. 2006, 305:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:41 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:41 - Assault, Etc.

    659:41 Assault, Etc. –||Any person who shall assault a town, city, or ward officer as provided in RSA 631 in the discharge of any duty of his office at any election shall be guilty of a class A felony or a class B felony, but never less than a class B felony, other provisions of the law to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person who shall take away, injure or destroy the ballot box or checklist when in use at any election shall be guilty of a class B felony.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:42 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:42 - Tampering With Electronic Ballot Counting Devices.

    659:42 Tampering With Electronic Ballot Counting Devices. –||Whoever shall tamper with or injure or attempt to injure any electronic ballot counting device for the counting of ballots to be used or being used in an election or whoever shall prevent or attempt to prevent the correct operation of such device or whoever shall tamper with software used in the counting of ballots or design such software so as to cause incorrect tabulation of the ballots or any unauthorized person who shall make or have in his or her possession a key to an electronic ballot counting device to be used or being used in an election shall be guilty of a class B felony if a natural person or guilty of a felony if any other person.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 2006, 305:5. 2009, 70:6, eff. Aug. 8, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:43 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:43 - Electioneering at the Polling Place.

    659:43 Electioneering at the Polling Place. –||I. Electioneering shall be prohibited within the polling place building, provided that nothing in this section shall apply to the posting of sample ballots by election officials, pursuant to RSA 658:26, which have not been marked as voting for any candidate or measure.||II. The moderator shall establish one or more no-electioneering corridors, no less than 10 feet wide, that extend from all entrances of the polling place a reasonable distance along the sidewalks or to the parking lots that serve the polling place. The moderator shall establish the corridor in a manner that permits a voter arriving or leaving the polling place to enter or exit without interruption or interference from individuals outside the corridor, and that permits a voter to step to the edge of the corridor and speak with those electioneering if he or she chooses.||III. The moderator shall designate a preferred area for electioneering, which to the extent practical shall be within sight and conversation-level sound of the primary entrance to the polling place and shall abide by any regulations or ordinances approved by the municipality's governing body pursuant to RSA 31:41-c or RSA 47:17, XIV-a.||IV. Electioneering may occur outside the no-electioneering corridor and outside the designated preferred electioneering area.||V. Electioneering signs shall not be affixed to the polling place building or grounds.||VI. Electioneering signs shall not be left unattended.||VII. The distribution or posting of electioneering communications, including but not limited to posters, cards, handbills, placards, pictures, pins, stickers, circulars, or articles of clothing, is prohibited within any no-electioneering corridor established outside the polling place by the moderator.||VIII. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation.||IX. (a) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000.||(b) The court, upon petition of the attorney general, may levy upon any person who violates the provisions of RSA 659:43 a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $1,000 per violation. All penalties assessed under this paragraph shall be paid to the secretary of state for deposit into the general fund.||(c) The attorney general shall have authority to notify suspected violators of this section of the state's intention to seek a civil penalty, to negotiate, and to settle with such suspected violators without court action, provided any civil penalty paid as settlement shall be paid to the secretary of state for deposit into the general fund.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1987, 354:1. 2004, 50:1. 2009, 144:223, eff. July 1, 2009. 2016, 320:1, eff. June 24, 2016. 2020, 36:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:44 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:44 - Electioneering by Election Officers.

    659:44 Electioneering by Election Officers. –||No election officer shall electioneer while in the performance of his official duties. For the purposes of this section, "electioneer" shall mean to act in any way specifically designed to influence the vote of a voter on any question or office. Any person who violates this provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979. 2020, 36:3, eff. Jan. 1. 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:44-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:44-a - Electioneering by Public Employees.

    659:44-a Electioneering by Public Employees. –||I. No public employee, as defined in RSA 273-A:1, IX,shall electioneer while in the performance of his or her official duties.||II. No public employee shall use government property or equipment, including, but not limited to, telephones, facsimile machines, vehicles, and computers, for electioneering.||III. For the purposes of this section, "electioneer" means to act in any way specifically designed to influence the vote of a voter on any question or office.||IV. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 2003, 172:2, eff. June 18, 2003. 2016, 176:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:45 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:45 - General Provisions.

    659:45 General Provisions. –||It shall be the responsibility of the moderator to report any violation occurring under RSA 659:34 through RSA 659:44 to the attorney general. All fines imposed under RSA 659:35 through RSA 659:44 shall be paid to the county in which the offense was committed. All penalties assessed under RSA 659:34 shall be paid to the secretary of state for deposit into the general fund.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 2004, 229:2. 2009, 144:224, eff. July 1, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:45-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:45-a - Certain Photography Prohibited.

    659:45-a Certain Photography Prohibited. –||No person shall take or cause any photograph to be taken within the guardrail that captures another voter or another voter's ballot.|||Source. 2021, 177:2, Pt. II, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 28, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:46 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:46 - Repealed by 2014, 319:16, eff. Aug. 1, 2014.

    659:46 Repealed by 2014, 319:16, eff. Aug. 1, 2014. –|
NH Rev Stat § 659:47 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:47 - Absentee Ballots Received Late.

    659:47 Absentee Ballots Received Late. –||No absentee ballot shall be processed or counted unless it is delivered to the moderator at the proper polling place prior to the closing of the polls.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1995, 48:2, eff. July 2, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:48 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:48 - Death of a Voter.

    659:48 Death of a Voter. –||If the officers charged with the duty of processing absentee ballots are cognizant of the fact that the voter has died prior to the opening of the polls, they shall not open the envelope containing the absentee ballot.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:49 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:49 - Processing Absentee Ballots.

    659:49 Processing Absentee Ballots. –||I. Processing of previously received absentee ballots shall begin at 1:00 p.m. unless a different time, that is no earlier than 2 hours after the opening of the polls, is posted and announced in accordance with paragraph II. The processing of the absentee ballots shall not unnecessarily interfere with normal voting procedures, nor shall the polls be closed at any time for the processing of such ballots during normal polling hours. Absentee ballots which are received after the start time for processing absentee ballots and prior to 5:00 p.m. on the day of the election shall be processed as soon after receipt as possible. Under no circumstances shall absentee ballots be counted prior to the closing of the polls.||II. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph I, upon the written challenges of 10 or more voters who are present at the polls no later than 1:00 p.m., the moderator shall postpone the processing of all absentee ballots until after the polls close and prior to the counting of all ballots cast in the election. The moderator, or his or her designee, shall post the time at which the processing of absentee ballots shall begin at the polling place and one other public location at least 24 hours before the polls open. In addition, when the polls open the moderator shall announce the time at which the processing of absentee ballots shall begin.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1985, 122:1. 1995, 48:3. 1997, 103:1. 1998, 246:5. 2014, 319:15, eff. Aug. 1, 2014. 2020, 14:7, eff. July 17, 2020; 14:11, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:49-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:49-a - Repealed by 1998, 246:6, II, eff. June 25, 1998.

    659:49-a Repealed by 1998, 246:6, II, eff. June 25, 1998. –|
NH Rev Stat § 659:49-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:49-b - Opening Absentee Ballot Outer Envelopes.

    659:49-b Opening Absentee Ballot Outer Envelopes. –||The moderator or the moderator's designee may authorize the opening of absentee ballot outer envelopes on election day prior to the time established for processing absentee ballots in RSA 659:49, provided that the opening of the outer envelopes occurs in public with notice of the time and place. The envelope containing the ballot shall not be removed from the outer envelope at such time, and the outer envelope containing the inner envelope shall be secured until it is processed pursuant to RSA 659:50.|||Source. 2008, 108:1. 2010, 317:40, eff. July 18, 2010. 2020, 14:8, eff. July 17, 2020; 14:12, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:50 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:50 - Announcement by Moderator.

    659:50 Announcement by Moderator. –||I. The moderator shall begin processing absentee ballots by clearly announcing that he or she is about to open the envelopes which were delivered to him or her. The moderator shall then remove the envelope containing the ballots of each absentee voter and, for those absentee ballots where the absentee voter has not been verified by the clerk as provided in RSA 657:17-a, shall compare the signature on the affidavit with the signature on the application for the ballot. If:||(a) The name of the voter is on the checklist; and||(b) The affidavit appears to be properly executed; and||(c) If the affidavit or application shows that the voter received assistance, the absentee voter shall be processed as verified. Otherwise, the signatures on the affidavit shall be examined to determine if it appears to be executed by the same person who signed the application.||II. For the absentee ballots processed in accordance with paragraph I and those where the clerk has previously verified the absentee voter in accordance with RSA 657:17-a, if the signatures appear to be the signatures of a duly qualified voter who has not voted at the election; then the moderator shall publicly announce the name of the absentee voter, except that with respect to any voter who has been included in the address confidentiality program under RSA 7:43 or who has been granted a protective order under RSA 173-B, the moderator shall identify such voters as "confidential voter number 1" and "confidential voter number 2," and so forth. If these conditions are not met, the moderator shall follow the procedure provided in RSA 659:53.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 2010, 317:41, eff. July 18, 2010. 2017, 216:9, eff. July 10, 2017. 2018, 329:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:51 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:51 - Challenges.

    659:51 Challenges. –||I. All absentee ballots are subject to challenge after the moderator publicly announces the name of the absentee voter, except for voters provided for in RSA 7:46, but not after the ballot is removed from the envelope. No challenge to an absentee ballot may be asserted except in conformity with the requirements of RSA 659:27-a.||II. If the ballot is challenged, the moderator shall write on the envelope containing the ballot the word "challenged" and the name and address of the person who makes the challenge and the basis of the challenge. The moderator shall also number each challenged envelope consecutively by marking, for example, the first challenged ballot "Challenged Ballot No. 1."||III. The moderator shall then determine if the challenge to the ballot is well grounded. If the moderator decides the challenge is well grounded, the moderator shall not open the envelope but shall preserve it with the other ballots cast at the election as provided in RSA 659:101 and shall record next to the name of the absentee voter on the clerk's list of absentee voters prepared pursuant to RSA 657:15 the word "challenged" and the reason for the challenge. The clerk shall record this information in the statewide centralized voter registration database. If the moderator decides that the challenge is not well grounded, he or she shall open the envelope so the affidavit is not destroyed and proceed first to mark on the reverse of the folded ballot the corresponding challenge number as previously marked on the envelope. The moderator shall then proceed to deposit the ballot as provided in RSA 659:52.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 2010, 182:12, eff. June 21, 2010; 317:76, eff. July 18, 2010; 366:8, eff. July 23, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 659:52 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 659 - Election Procedure|Section 659:52 - Opening Envelope; Depositing Ballot.

    659:52 Opening Envelope;  Depositing Ballot. –||If the absentee ballot is not challenged, the moderator shall, after announcing the name of the voter, open the envelope containing the ballot so the affidavit is not destroyed. The moderator shall then take the ballot out of the envelope without unfolding the ballot or without permitting the ballot to be examined, and he or she shall preserve the affidavit with the ballots cast at the election as provided in RSA 659:101. The moderator shall then have a checkmark placed beside the name of the absentee voter on the checklist and write therewith the letters "A.V." in red ink and shall then deposit the ballot in the ballot box.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 2010, 182:13, eff. June 21, 2010; 317:77, eff. July 18, 2010.|