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NH Rev Stat § 662-A:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 662-A - Division of State Representative Districts of Towns|Section 662-A:6 - Submission of Redistricting Proposal to Voters.

    662-A:6 Submission of Redistricting Proposal to Voters. –||I. Following approval of the commission's proposal, the secretary of state shall submit proposed districts to the voters of the town at the next town election. The wording of the question shall be:||"Do you favor dividing the town into representative districts for the purpose of electing representatives to the general court as recommended by the redistricting commission?"||II. The selectmen or town council shall cause the final report of the commission to be printed in the town report, shall make copies available in the clerk's office, and shall post the report in the same manner that proposed ordinances are posted.||III. If a majority of voters voting on the question answer in the affirmative, the secretary of state shall cause a bill to divide the town into representative districts to be submitted to the general court at the next legislative session. Upon passage of the bill and the signing of the bill into law, the town shall be deemed divided into the approved districts for the next succeeding election of representatives to the general court and all subsequent elections until the completion of the next decennial census and reapportionment of the general court. If legislation adopting the town's proposed districts is not enacted by the general court in the next succeeding session of the general court, no further action or approval by the town is required for future introduction of legislation adopting the districts approved by the town pursuant to this chapter.||IV. If a majority of the voters voting on the question do not answer in the affirmative, the town shall continue as a multi-member district for the purposes of electing representatives to the general court and reapportionment of the general court.|||Source. 1997, 312:1, eff. Aug. 20, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 662-A:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 662-A - Division of State Representative Districts of Towns|Section 662-A:7 - Amendment of Districts.

    662-A:7 Amendment of Districts. –||I. A town which has been divided into districts pursuant to this chapter may amend its representative districts created pursuant to this chapter only by following the procedures in this chapter.||II. The question proposed to voters shall be:||"Shall the town establish a redistricting commission for the purpose of amending the representative districts previously adopted by the town and enacted by the legislature?"||III. If the redistricting commission proposes to amend the representative districts previously adopted by the town and enacted by the legislature, the question submitted to voters shall be:||"Shall the proposal of the redistricting commission to amend the representative districts of the town for the purpose of electing representatives to the general court be adopted?"|||Source. 1997, 312:1, eff. Aug. 20, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 662-A:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 662-A - Division of State Representative Districts of Towns|Section 662-A:8 - Rescission of Divided Districts.

    662-A:8 Rescission of Divided Districts. –||I. A town which has been divided into districts pursuant to this chapter may rescind its decision and return to a single-member district.||II. The article proposing rescission shall be placed on the ballot in accordance with the provisions of RSA 662-A:3, I.||III. The wording of the question shall be:||"Do you favor rescinding the representative districts previously adopted by the town and enacted by the legislature?"||IV. If a majority of voters voting on the question answer in the affirmative, the secretary of state shall cause a bill to return the town to a single, multi-member district to be submitted to the general court, at the next legislative session. Upon passage of the bill and signing of the bill into law, the town shall be deemed to be returned to a single, multi-member district for the next succeeding election of representatives to the general court and all subsequent elections until the completion of the next decennial census and reapportionment of the general court. If legislation returning the town to a single, multi-member district is not enacted by the general court in the next succeeding session of the general court, no further action or approval by the town is required for future introduction of legislation adopting the change approved by the town pursuant to this chapter.|||Source. 1997, 312:1, eff. Aug. 20, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 662-A:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 662-A - Division of State Representative Districts of Towns|Section 662-A:9 - Prevailing Vote.

    662-A:9 Prevailing Vote. –||If a question to amend the representative districts created pursuant to this chapter appears on the same ballot as a question to rescind the division of a town into representative districts, and if a majority of the voters voting on each question vote in the affirmative on each question, then the question that receives the plurality of votes shall prevail.|||Source. 1997, 312:1, eff. Aug. 20, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 663:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 663 - Questions to Voters|Section 663:1 - Form on Ballot; Tabulation; Results; Etc.

    663:1 Form on Ballot;  Tabulation;  Results;  Etc. –||The questions to voters provided for in this chapter may be submitted on the ballot at any state election. Except as provided in RSA 663:2, questions submitted on the state general election ballot shall be printed on the ballot beneath the offices column in the form provided for in RSA 656:13. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the vote on questions to voters shall be counted and returns made in as nearly as practicable the same manner as that provided in RSA 659.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1994, 309:12, eff. June 8, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 663:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 663 - Questions to Voters|Section 663:2 - Form of Submission of Question.

    663:2 Form of Submission of Question. –||The question of whether to approve a proposed constitutional amendment shall be submitted to the vote of the people by ballot. A constitutional question may, at the direction of the constitutional convention, be printed on the ballot at any state election or may be printed on a separate ballot to be used at a state election or at another election as directed by the constitutional convention.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 663:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 663 - Questions to Voters|Section 663:3 - Form of Ballot.

    663:3 Form of Ballot. –||The following words shall be printed above the constitutional amendment questions on all ballots containing such questions: "Questions Relating to Constitutional Amendments Proposed by the Convention to Revise the Constitution" or "Questions Relating to Constitutional Amendments Proposed by the Legislature to Revise the Constitution," whichever is appropriate. A constitutional question shall include, in the text of the question, the text of the article of the constitution as it is proposed to be amended, and the results of the vote taken on ordering the proposed amendment to third reading in both the senate and the house of representatives or at the constitutional convention, whichever is appropriate.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1999, 67:1. 2013, 231:2, eff. Sept. 13, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 663:3-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 663 - Questions to Voters|Section 663:3-a - Voter's Guides.

    663:3-a Voter's Guides. –||I. If the general court proposes the constitutional amendment, the text of the statement for the voter's guide, if any, shall be included in the resolution proposing the constitutional amendment. The joint committee on legislative facilities may authorize the printing or distribution of the voter's guide.||II. If the constitutional convention proposes the constitutional amendment, the text of the statement for the voter's guide, if any, shall be included in the resolution proposing the constitutional amendment.|||Source. 1999, 67:2. 2013, 231:1, eff. Sept. 13, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 663:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 663 - Questions to Voters|Section 663:4 - Result; Publication; Effective Date.

    663:4 Result;  Publication;  Effective Date. –||A constitutional convention shall provide for notice of the result of the vote on a proposed constitutional amendment by proclamation by the governor; and, if the result is affirmative, the proclamation shall mark the time the amendment goes into effect, unless otherwise provided by the convention.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 663:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 663 - Questions to Voters|Section 663:5 - Question; Vote; Results.

    663:5 Question;  Vote;  Results. –||I. Upon petition of not less than 5 percent of the legal voters of any city or town filed with the secretary of state not earlier than the first Wednesday after the first Tuesday in August and no later than the first Friday in September before a state general election, the following questions shall be submitted to the voters of such city or town on the usual ballot at such state election:||(a) "Shall state stores be operated by permission of the state liquor commission in this city or town?"||(b) "Shall malt beverages (beer) be sold by permission of the state liquor commission in this city or town?"||(c) "Shall wines containing not less than 6 percent nor more than 15.5 percent of alcoholic content by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit (table wine) be sold by permission of the state liquor commission in this city or town?"||(d) "Shall liquor be sold for consumption on the premises where sold by permission of the state liquor commission in this city or town?"||II. If a majority of the qualified voters present and voting in a city or town signifies the disapproval of question (a) above, the commission shall not operate state liquor stores in that city or town.||III. If a majority of the qualified voters present and voting in a city or town signifies the disapproval of question (b) above, then the commission shall not issue licenses or permits for the sale of malt beverages in that city or town.||IV. If a majority of the qualified voters present and voting in a city or town signifies the disapproval of question (c) above, then the commission shall not issue licenses or permits for the sale of wine in that city or town.||V. If a majority of the qualified voters present and voting in a city or town signifies the disapproval of question (d) above, the commission shall not issue licenses or permits for the sale of liquor for consumption on the premises where sold in that city or town.||VI. If a majority of the qualified voters present and voting in a city or town signifies the approval of question (a) above, the commission may at its discretion operate state liquor stores in that city or town.||VII. If a majority of the qualified voters present and voting in a city or town signifies approval of question (b) above, then the commission may at its discretion issue licenses or permits for the sale of malt beverages in that city or town.||VIII. If a majority of the qualified voters present and voting in a city or town signifies the approval of question (c) above, the commission may at its discretion issue licenses or permits for the sale of wine in that city or town.||IX. If a majority of the qualified voters present and voting in a city or town signifies approval of question (d) above, then the commission may at its discretion issue licenses or permits for the sale of liquor for consumption on the premises where sold in that city or town.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1981, 143:1; 387:1. 1994, 4:26. 1995, 34:14, eff. June 23, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 663:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 663 - Questions to Voters|Section 663:6 - Application.

    663:6 Application. –||Unless and until changed pursuant to RSA 663:5, the operation of state stores and the issuance of licenses and permits in cities and in towns shall be in accordance with the approval or disapproval of such operation as signified by the vote regarding the sale of liquor and beverages taken at the state general election in November, 1964.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 663:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 663 - Questions to Voters|Section 663:7 - Question; Vote; Results.

    663:7 Question;  Vote;  Results. –||Upon the petition of 5 percent of the voters of any city or town filed with the secretary of state not earlier than the first Wednesday after the first Tuesday in August and no later than the first Friday in September before a state general election, the appropriate version of the following question shall be submitted to the voters of such city or town at said election: "Shall lottery tickets (continue to) be sold in this city or town?" If a majority of those voting vote "yes" on the question, tickets may be sold or continued to be sold by the commission in that city or town. If a majority of those voting vote "no" on the question, the commission shall not sell tickets in that city or town. No petition that the question prescribed in this section be printed on the ballot at a state general election shall be made within 2 years of a vote on such a question at a previous state general election.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1981, 387:2. 1994, 4:27. 2004, 97:8, eff. July 10, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 663:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 663 - Questions to Voters|Section 663:8 - Application.

    663:8 Application. –||Unless and until changed pursuant to RSA 663:7, the sales of lottery tickets by the lottery commission under RSA 284 in cities and towns shall be in accordance with the approval or disapproval of such operation as signified by the vote taken at the state general election held in November, 1970.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 2004, 97:8, eff. July 10, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 664:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 664 - Political Expenditures and Contributions|Section 664:1 - Applicability of Chapter.

    664:1 Applicability of Chapter. –||The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all state primary, general, and special elections, but shall only apply to presidential preference primaries as provided in this section. The provisions relating to political advertising, push polling, and enforcement, RSA 664:14 through RSA 664:22, shall additionally apply to presidential primary, city, town, school district, and village district elections.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1989, 212:6. 1991, 387:8. 2008, 118:2, eff. June 3, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 664:3-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 664 - Political Expenditures and Contributions|Section 664:3-a - Registration of Political Advocacy Organizations.

    664:3-a Registration of Political Advocacy Organizations. –||Political advocacy organizations shall register with the secretary of state under the same deadlines and in the same general form required of political committees under RSA 664:3.|||Source. 2014, 279:12, eff. July 28, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 664:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 664 - Political Expenditures and Contributions|Section 664:4 - Prohibited Political Contributions.

    664:4 Prohibited Political Contributions. –||No contribution, whether tangible or intangible, shall be made to a candidate, a political committee, or political party, or in behalf of a candidate or political committee or political party, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of promoting the success or defeat of any candidate or political party at any state primary or general election:||I. [Repealed.]||II. By any partnership as such or by any partner acting in behalf of such partnership.||III. By any labor union or group of labor unions, or by any officer, director, executive, agent or employee acting in behalf of such union or group of unions; or by any organization representing or affiliated with any such union or group of unions, or by any officer, director, executive, agent or employee acting in behalf of such organization.||IV. [Repealed.]||V. By any person (1) if in excess of $5,000 in value to a candidate or a candidate committee, except for contributions made by a candidate in behalf of his own candidacy, or in excess of $10,000 in value to a political committee other than a political committee of a candidate, (2) if made anonymously or under a name not that of the donor, (3) if made in the guise of a loan, (4) if any other manner concealed, (5) if made without the knowledge and written consent of the candidate or his fiscal agent, a political committee or its treasurer, or not to any one of the same.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1983, 415:1. 1991, 387:13, 14. 2011, 150:7, V, eff. Aug. 7, 2011. 2021, 168:3, eff. Sept. 28, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 664:4-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 664 - Political Expenditures and Contributions|Section 664:4-a - Prohibited Coercion of Political Contributions.

    664:4-a Prohibited Coercion of Political Contributions. –||I. No person shall knowingly coerce, or attempt to coerce, any classified state employee to give or withhold a contribution to any political campaign or political committee, or to any candidate, party or cause, for the purpose of promoting the success or defeat of any candidate or political party.||II. No business organization, and no officer, director, executive, agent or employee acting in behalf of the business organization, and no enterprise representing or affiliated with one or more business organizations, and no officer, director, executive, agent or employee acting in behalf of such enterprise, shall knowingly coerce, or attempt to coerce, any employee of the business organization or of the enterprise, or any contractor or subcontractor or any employee of the contractor or subcontractor doing business with the business organization, to make a contribution to any political campaign or political committee, or to any candidate, party or cause, for the purpose of promoting the success or defeat of any candidate or political party:||(a) By means of the denial or deprivation, or the threat of the denial or deprivation, of any employment, position, or work in or for the business organization or enterprise.||(b) By means of the denial or deprivation, or threat of the denial or deprivation, of the loss of any compensation, payment, or benefit from such employment, position, or work.||(c) By means of the discharge, promotion, degradation, or change in any manner in the official rank or compensation of any employee, or by means of the promise or threat to do so, for giving or withholding a contribution.|||Source. 1983, 415:2. 1987, 119:1. 1994, 216:2, eff. July 24, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 664:4-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 664 - Political Expenditures and Contributions|Section 664:4-b - Surplus Campaign Contributions.

    664:4-b Surplus Campaign Contributions. –||Surplus campaign contributions may be used after a general or special election for fund raising activities and any other politically related activity sponsored by the candidate, or for donations to charitable organizations. Such surplus campaign contributions, however, shall not be used for personal purposes.|||Source. 1989, 212:7. 1992, 91:1. 1995, 276:1, eff. Aug. 19, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 664:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 664 - Political Expenditures and Contributions|Section 664:5 - Prohibited Political Expenditures.

    664:5 Prohibited Political Expenditures. –||No expenditure or use of a contribution, tangible or intangible, shall be made for the purpose of promoting the success or defeat of any political party, measure or candidate:||I. By a political committee, except the political committee of a political party, unless the political committee meets the requirements of RSA 664:3, I.||II. By a political committee which is organized to support a candidate in any election, or to such candidate or the candidate's fiscal agent unless the committee secures and files the written consent of the candidate or the candidate's fiscal agent with the secretary of state in accordance with RSA 664:3, III.||III. By any person, candidate or political committee, for political advertising in a newspaper, periodical, or on a radio or television broadcast, or on a billboard, if at a rate more or less than the applicable rates to be filed with the secretary of state.||IV, V. [Repealed.]||VI. By any foreign national, as defined in 52 U.S.C. section 30121(b) and 11 C.F.R. section 110.20(a)(3), for any purpose, including for the use of telephones, facsimile machines, vehicles, and computers, for electioneering. For the purposes of this paragraph, "electioneering" means to act in any way specifically designed to influence the vote of a voter on any question or office.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1982, 27:4. 1991, 387:15. 1997, 351:60, 63, eff. Aug. 24, 1997. 2018, 111:1, eff. May 25, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 664:5-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 664 - Political Expenditures and Contributions|Section 664:5-a - to 664:5-b Repealed by 2021, 168:9, eff. Sept. 28, 2021.

    664:5-a to 664:5-b Repealed by 2021, 168:9, eff. Sept. 28, 2021. –|
NH Rev Stat § 664:5-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 664 - Political Expenditures and Contributions|Section 664:5-c - Repealed by 2010, 368:1(53), eff. Dec. 31, 2010.

    664:5-c Repealed by 2010, 368:1(53), eff. Dec. 31, 2010. –|
NH Rev Stat § 664:6-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 664 - Political Expenditures and Contributions|Section 664:6-a - Reporting by Political Advocacy Organizations.

    664:6-a Reporting by Political Advocacy Organizations. –||Political advocacy organizations shall report with the secretary of state any funds received or expenses incurred in connection with communications described in RSA 664:2, VII, under the same deadlines and in the same general form required of political committees under RSA 664:6, IV-a.|||Source. 2014, 279:13, eff. July 28, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 664:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 664 - Political Expenditures and Contributions|Section 664:7 - Reporting by Candidates.

    664:7 Reporting by Candidates. –||Each candidate at the primary or general election for governor, councilor, state senator, representative to general court, or county officer, who has expenditures exceeding $1,000, shall file statements before and after an election in like manner and detail as prescribed in RSA 664:6, II, II-a, III, IV, and V, excepting, however, the expenditures of political committees of the party to which the candidate belongs in elections other than primaries.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1982, 27:6. 1991, 387:23, eff. July 2, 1991. 2021, 168:6, eff. Sept. 28, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 664:7-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 664 - Political Expenditures and Contributions|Section 664:7-a - Statement Retention.

    664:7-a Statement Retention. –||Statements or reports required to be filed under RSA 664:6 and 664:7 shall be held in original form for 6 years from the election for which they are filed, after which time they may be destroyed.|||Source. 2001, 231:6, eff. July 13, 2001.|