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NH Rev Stat § 668:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 668 - Provisions for Unincorporated Places|Section 668:5 - Preparation of Special Ballots.

    668:5 Preparation of Special Ballots. –||For any state election, the secretary of state shall prepare special ballots for the voters of all unincorporated places. For purposes of this section, "special ballots" shall mean the ballots to be used by all unincorporated places in the same state representative district as opposed to separate ballots for each unincorporated place. These special ballots shall have no location printed on them, but shall have a space where the name of an unincorporated place shall be entered by the town clerk of the designated town. The secretary of state shall print only the names of candidates for offices for which the voters of the unincorporated place are entitled to vote, as provided in RSA 668:4. It shall be the duty of the town clerk to make ready in advance a sufficient number of ballots for each person on the official checklist of the unincorporated places. If it is necessary because of election day registrations, extra ballots shall be prepared and the number attested to at the end of the voting. In all other respects, such special ballots shall be printed and forwarded to the town clerk in the same manner as the other ballots for the designated town.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1997, 289:5. 2003, 289:46, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 668:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 668 - Provisions for Unincorporated Places|Section 668:6 - Establishing Procedures for Voting.

    668:6 Establishing Procedures for Voting. –||The secretary of state shall issue regulations within the scope of the election laws to establish the procedures for voting and filing for office by voters of unincorporated places. The regulations so issued shall have the force of law.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1997, 289:6. 2003, 289:46, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 668:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 668 - Provisions for Unincorporated Places|Section 668:7 - Return of Votes Cast.

    668:7 Return of Votes Cast. –||The town clerk of the town designated pursuant to RSA 668:2 shall make a return of the votes cast in his town by the voters of each unincorporated place in the same manner as provided for in RSA 659.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1987, 276:5. 1997, 289:7. 2003, 289:46, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 668:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 668 - Provisions for Unincorporated Places|Section 668:8 - Service to Unincorporated Places.

    668:8 Service to Unincorporated Places. –||I. For services to unincorporated places during any state general election as directed by this chapter, the town clerk of the town designated pursuant to RSA 668:2 shall be paid the sum of $50. Said payment shall be a charge against the appropriation for elections for the office of secretary of state.||II. If an unincorporated place exceeds 10 voters, and has not organized pursuant to RSA 53:1, the county in which the unincorporated place is located shall pay the town designated pursuant to RSA 668:2 for costs it incurs in conducting a primary or general election for the unincorporated place. The county shall assess the cost of conducting an election under this paragraph to the unincorporated place.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1987, 276:5. 1997, 289:8. 2011, 22:1, eff. June 27, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:2 - Warrant.

    669:2 Warrant. –||The selectmen shall include as part of the warrant for the annual town meeting a warrant for each annual town election which shall prescribe the place, day and hour of the election, the officers to be elected, and the questions to be submitted to the voters. In a town which has adopted an official ballot system for the election of town officers, the warrant shall specify the time the polls are open and the hour before which the polls may not close. The warrant shall clearly specify which items shall be voted on by ballot at the town election and which items shall be considered at the town business meeting. In a town which has not adopted an official ballot system, it shall be sufficient for a town meeting warrant to list items to be taken up at the town business meeting, including the election of town officers.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:3 - Town Meeting Provisions Applicable.

    669:3 Town Meeting Provisions Applicable. –||All appropriate provisions of RSA 39 relative to warning the town meeting and posting the town meeting warrant shall apply to the town election.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:4 - Qualifications of Voters.

    669:4 Qualifications of Voters. –||Any person having his or her domicile within the town and qualified to vote under RSA 654:1 through 654:6 and who is on the town checklist shall be qualified to vote in town elections.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 2010, 317:61, eff. July 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:5 - Voters and Checklists.

    669:5 Voters and Checklists. –||An updated checklist shall be used at all town meetings and elections for the same purposes a checklist is used at a state election and to insure that only qualified voters participate in town meeting discussions and votes, by voice or otherwise. The supervisors shall prepare, post, and revise the checklist for a town meeting or election in the same manner as for a state election as provided in RSA 654:25-654:31, provided, however, that the session for correction shall be held on Saturday 6 to 13 days prior to the election. The supervisors shall also hold one session for correction of the checklist on the day immediately prior to the first day of the filing period for candidates for town office, as provided in RSA 669:19 or 669:42, as applicable, from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and at the discretion of the supervisors for extended hours.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 1981, 571:1. 1987, 219:2. 1996, 36:11. 1998, 194:4. 2001, 272:3. 2003, 27:5, eff. July 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:6 - Qualification of Officers.

    669:6 Qualification of Officers. –||Unless otherwise provided by law, no person shall hold an elective town office who does not have his domicile within the town.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:7 - Incompatibility of Offices.

    669:7 Incompatibility of Offices. –||I. No person shall at the same time hold any 2 of the following offices: selectman, treasurer, moderator, trustee of trust funds, collector of taxes, auditor and highway agent. No person shall at the same time hold any 2 of the following offices: town treasurer, moderator, trustee of trust funds, selectman and head of the town's police department on full-time duty. No person shall at the same time hold the offices of town treasurer and town clerk. No full-time town employee shall at the same time hold the office of selectman. No official handling funds of a town shall at the same time hold the office of auditor. No selectman, moderator, town clerk or inspector of elections shall at the same time serve as a supervisor of the checklist. No selectman, town manager, school board member except a cooperative school board member, full-time town, village district, school district except a cooperative school district, or other associated agency employee or village district commissioner shall at the same time serve as a budget committee member-at-large under RSA 32.||I-a. No person shall at the same time file a declaration of candidacy for any 2 or more elected offices that are incompatible under paragraph I.||II. The provisions of paragraph I refer to the actual holding of office, and are not to be construed to prevent the transfer between offices of information obtained in the regular conduct of business nor to prevent the personnel in any office from furnishing clerical assistance to any other office.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 1981, 282:3. 1983, 132:1. 1993, 123:1. 2000, 308:3. 2014, 99:1, eff. Aug. 10, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:8 - Incompatibility of Offices; Town Manager.

    669:8 Incompatibility of Offices;  Town Manager. –||The town manager, during the time that he or she holds such appointment, may be manager of a district or precinct located wholly or mainly within the same town and may be elected or appointed to any municipal office in such town or included district or precinct that would be subject to his or her supervision if occupied by another incumbent; but he or she shall hold no other elected or appointed public office of the town except justice of the peace or notary public except as provided in RSA 37:9 and RSA 37:16.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 2004, 55:2, eff. July 2, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:9 - Oaths of Town Officers.

    669:9 Oaths of Town Officers. –||All town officers elected as provided in this chapter shall take an oath of office as provided in RSA 42 before qualifying for office.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:10 - Term of Office.

    669:10 Term of Office. –||I. Except as otherwise provided, the term of office of any officer elected under this chapter shall begin upon his election and qualification for office and shall end upon the election and qualification of his successor.||II. No person shall assume a town office until after the time period for requesting a recount is over. If a recount is requested for a town office, no person shall assume that office until after the recount is completed.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 1989, 116:1, eff. July 7, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:11 - Unofficial Ballot System.

    669:11 Unofficial Ballot System. –||If a town has not voted at a previous town meeting to adopt an official ballot system as provided in RSA 669:12 or 669:13 or if a town has voted to rescind such adoption, such town shall elect its officers by means of the unofficial ballot system as provided in RSA 669:54-669:60. A majority vote shall be required to elect using unofficial ballots.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:12 - Partisan Official Ballot System.

    669:12 Partisan Official Ballot System. –||Any town may vote to adopt the partisan official ballot system for election of town officers under an article in the warrant for any town meeting, and may rescind such action in like manner. The partisan ballot system shall not be in effect until the town election first following the town meeting at which such system is adopted. A plurality shall elect in towns using the partisan ballot system.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:13 - Non-Partisan Official Ballot System.

    669:13 Non-Partisan Official Ballot System. –||A town may vote to adopt the non-partisan official ballot system for election of town officers under an article in the warrant for any town meeting, and may rescind such action in like manner. In any town in which the partisan ballot system is in effect, and which has a population, according to most recent federal census, of 4,500 or more, adoption of the non-partisan ballot system shall be by ballot. Whenever in such town there shall appear in the warrant for any town meeting an article relating to the adoption of the non-partisan ballot system, the town clerk shall cause to be printed on the official ballot, if any, otherwise upon a ballot specially prepared for the purpose, the question, "Shall the non-partisan ballot system for the election of town officers be adopted by this town?", which question shall be followed by boxes in which the voter may indicate "Yes" or "No". If the majority of the qualified voters present and voting at such meeting shall answer said question in the affirmative, the non-partisan ballot system shall be deemed to have been adopted by said town. In all towns, the non-partisan ballot system shall not be in effect until the town election first following the meeting at which such system is adopted. A plurality shall elect in towns using the non-partisan ballot system.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:14 - Use of Ballot.

    669:14 Use of Ballot. –||Town officers who are to be elected by ballot as provided in RSA 669:15 and all other officers that a town has voted at some previous meeting to elect by ballot shall be elected by means of the partisan or non-partisan official ballot systems if such an official ballot system shall be in effect in a town. In towns where no such official ballot system is in effect, town officers who are to be elected by ballot as provided in RSA 669:15 and such other officers as the town votes to elect by ballot shall be elected by unofficial ballot at the town business meeting pursuant to RSA 669:54-669:60.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:15 - Officers Who Shall be Elected; Election by Ballot.

    669:15 Officers Who Shall be Elected;  Election by Ballot. –||The town officers specified in this section shall be elected at a town election by the voters of the town, and the election of such officers shall be by ballot as specified by the RSA section indicated:||I. Selectmen (RSA 41:8 through 8-e).||II. Moderator (RSA 40:1).||III. Supervisors of the checklist (RSA 41:46-a).||IV. Town clerk (RSA 41:16 through 16-b).||V. Town treasurer (RSA 41:26 through 26-b), unless provision has been made for appointment pursuant to RSA 41:26-e.||VI. Highway agents, unless provision has been made for their appointment (RSA 231:62 through 62-b).|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 1983, 164:3. 2007, 35:7, eff. July 13, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:16 - Optional Officers to be Elected by Ballot: Interim Officers.

    669:16 Optional Officers to be Elected by Ballot:  Interim Officers. –||The town offices specified in this section shall, if established by a town, be filled by an election by ballot. Such an officer may not be elected by official ballot until the annual town election first following the establishment of the office. However, whenever a town votes to establish such an optional office, the town may also then vote to elect by unofficial ballot at the same meeting an officer to serve until the next annual town election. If a town then fails to elect such an officer by unofficial ballot, the office shall be deemed vacant and shall be filled as provided in RSA 669:61-669:75. This section applies to the following offices:||I. Town clerk-tax collector (RSA 41:45-a).||II. Constables or police officers for full-time duty (RSA 41:47).||III. Trustees of trust fund (RSA 31:19-23).||IV. Sewer commissioners (RSA 149-I:19).||V. Tax collector for a 3-year term (RSA 41:2-b).||VI. Town auditors (RSA 41:32-a).||VI-a. [Repealed.]||VII. Library trustees (RSA 202-A:6).|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 1991, 269:13. 2011, 4:2, eff. Apr. 25, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:17 - Officers Who May be Elected; Election by Ballot or Other Means.

    669:17 Officers Who May be Elected;  Election by Ballot or Other Means. –||The town officers specified in this section may be elected by ballot or by other means at annual town elections or meetings by the voters of the town as determined by said voters. Such an officer may not be elected by official ballot until the annual town election first following the establishment of the office. When a town votes to establish such an optional office, the town may also then vote to elect by any means at the same meeting an officer to serve until the next annual town election or meeting or may vote to authorize the officer with the power to fill a vacancy in the office as provided in RSA 669:61-669:75 to appoint someone until the next annual town election or meeting. This section applies to the following offices:||I. Town assessors (RSA 41:2-c through 2-i).||II. [Repealed.]||III. Overseers of public welfare (RSA 41:2).||IV. Constables or police officers, other than those elected under RSA 41:47 (RSA 41:2).||V. Elected planning board members (RSA 673:2).||V-a. Elected zoning board of adjustment members (RSA 673:3).||VI. Elected budget committee members (RSA 32:15).||VII. Tax collector for a 1-year term (RSA 41:2).||VIII. Fire chief or firewards for a term of one or more years, as determined by the local legislative body under RSA 154:1 through RSA 154:1-c.||IX. Any other officers the town may judge necessary for managing its affairs under RSA 41:2.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 1983, 164:4. 1990, 71:2. 1993, 28:9, eff. Jan. 1, 1994; 332:5, eff. Aug. 28, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:17-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:17-a - Filing Candidacy.

    669:17-a Filing Candidacy. –||No person shall file as a candidate for a town officer under the provisions of RSA 669:19 or RSA 669:42 for more than one seat on the same town or school district board, commission, committee, or council.|||Source. 1992, 96:5. 2008, 148:1, eff. Aug. 5, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:17-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:17-b - Discontinuing Optional Elected Office.

    669:17-b Discontinuing Optional Elected Office. –||When a town votes to discontinue any optional elected office, whether or not such office is to be succeeded by an appointed office, the person holding the elected office at the time of the vote to discontinue it shall continue to hold office until the annual town election first following the discontinuance of the office, at which time the elected office shall terminate irrespective of the length of that officer's term. This section shall apply to the elective offices of tax collector, highway agent, constable or police officer, overseer of public welfare, auditor, and any other optional town elected office not governed by another statute.|||Source. 1994, 112:1, eff. July 10, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:17-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:17-c - Candidate Notification to Selectmen.

    669:17-c Candidate Notification to Selectmen. –||Any person who has been removed from any position in the state which requires bonding and who subsequently becomes a candidate for any elected office that requires bonding under RSA 41:6, shall inform the governing body in that town of all facts relevant to the removal from office no later than the last day of the filing period for candidates. The board of selectmen shall then inform the town's bonding agent who shall determine the candidate's ability to be bonded under RSA 41:6.|||Source. 2004, 184:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:17-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:17-d - Discontinuing Office of Elected Treasurer.

    669:17-d Discontinuing Office of Elected Treasurer. –||When a town votes to discontinue an elected treasurer office, the person holding the elected office of treasurer at the time of the vote to discontinue it shall continue to hold office until the annual town election first following the discontinuance of the office, at which time the elected office of treasurer shall terminate irrespective of the length of that officer's term.|||Source. 2007, 35:8, eff. July 13, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:18 - Nominations; Partisan Ballot System.

    669:18 Nominations;  Partisan Ballot System. –||In a town which has adopted the partisan ballot system as provided in RSA 669:12, nominations shall be made by caucus as provided in RSA 669:37-669:53.|||Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:19 - Nominations; Nonpartisan Ballot System.

    669:19 Nominations;  Nonpartisan Ballot System. –||In a town which has adopted the nonpartisan ballot system as provided in RSA 669:13, all candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy with the town clerk during the filing period for town candidates. All candidates who file on the last day of the filing period shall do so in person before the town clerk. The filing period shall begin on the seventh Wednesday and end on the Friday of the following week before the town election. Such declaration of candidacy shall be prepared by the town clerk in substantially the following form: I, ____________________, declare that I am domiciled in the town of _______________, and that I am a registered voter therein; that I am a candidate for the office of _______________ and hereby request that my name be printed on the official nonpartisan ballot of the town of _______________.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 1983, 154:1. 1987, 299:4. 1988, 126:2. 1994, 4:31. 2008, 148:2. 2011, 40:1, eff. July 8, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 669:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:20 - Repealed by 2008, 148:4, I, eff. Aug. 5, 2008.

    669:20 Repealed by 2008, 148:4, I, eff. Aug. 5, 2008. –|
NH Rev Stat § 669:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:21 - Repealed by 2008, 148:4, II, eff. Aug. 5, 2008.

    669:21 Repealed by 2008, 148:4, II, eff. Aug. 5, 2008. –|
NH Rev Stat § 669:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 669 - Town Elections|Section 669:22 - Withdrawal.

    669:22 Withdrawal. –||Where a candidate had duly filed according to RSA 669:19 for a non-partisan town election or where a party nominee has been certified to the clerk as provided in RSA 669:50 for a partisan town election, no withdrawal or declination of a candidate shall be accepted by the town clerk subsequent to the last dates for filing except if the candidate dies or shall make oath that he does not qualify for the public office for which he or she is filed because of age, domicile, or incapacitating physical disability acquired subsequent to his or her filing. If a candidate dies or withdraws as provided in this section, the town clerk shall not print the name of that candidate on the ballot. If the ballots have been printed, the clerk shall remove that name using pasters.|||Source. 1979, 410:1. 1987, 276:6. 2008, 148:3, eff. Aug. 5, 2008.|