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NH Rev Stat § 660:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 660 - Post-Election Procedure|Section 660:25 - United States Senator or Representative.

    660:25 United States Senator or Representative. –||If 2 or more candidates for United States representative in any district or United States senator shall receive the largest and equal number of votes in any state general election so that no choice is made, the governor, with advice of the council, shall cause precepts to be issued to the selectmen of the several towns within such district for another election, requiring them to warn meetings to be held at the time specified in such precepts for the choice of a representative or senator. The votes given at any such meeting shall be received, sorted, counted, declared, recorded and certified, and the returns thereof made out, signed, certified, sealed, directed and forwarded in the manner prescribed by RSA 659.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1987, 276:1, eff. July 24, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 660:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 660 - Post-Election Procedure|Section 660:26 - Canvass.

    660:26 Canvass. –||The secretary of state, as soon as may be, shall lay all returns received pursuant to RSA 660:25 before the governor and council, and the votes shall be examined and counted and the election of the person having the largest number of votes declared and certified, and the certificate thereof shall be made out and transmitted in the manner described in RSA 659:84. If upon second balloting 2 or more persons shall have the largest and equal number of votes in any district, so that no choice is made therein, the same proceedings shall be again had as are provided in RSA 660:25; and so from time to time, so long as may be necessary, until some one shall have the largest number of votes.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1987, 276:1, eff. July 24, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 660:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 660 - Post-Election Procedure|Section 660:27 - Time.

    660:27 Time. –||The electors of the president and vice-president shall meet in the state house in Concord on the day fixed by law and, by 12 o'clock at midday, shall give notice to the governor and council of the number of electors present who accept the office.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 660:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 660 - Post-Election Procedure|Section 660:28 - Vacancies.

    660:28 Vacancies. –||If the requisite number of electors are not present or do not accept, or if the requisite number of electors shall not be chosen by reason of 2 or more persons having an equal number of votes, the electors present who do accept, in the presence of the governor and council, shall forthwith choose by ballot the number needed.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 660:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 660 - Post-Election Procedure|Section 660:29 - Conduct.

    660:29 Conduct. –||The electors shall give their votes for president and vice-president of the United States in Concord on said day and shall proceed according to law.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 660:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 660 - Post-Election Procedure|Section 660:30 - Compensation.

    660:30 Compensation. –||Each elector shall be paid $3; and each shall receive $.10 a mile for their travel to and from Concord. Also, the electors shall be allowed a reasonable sum, not to exceed $25, to pay for the services of a secretary.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 660:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 660 - Post-Election Procedure|Section 660:31 - Depositing Fees and Assessments.

    660:31 Depositing Fees and Assessments. –||There is established in the state treasury a separate nonlapsing account to be known as the recount administrative account. The account shall be used by the secretary of state for the administration of recounts under RSA 660. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all fees which are paid to the secretary of state under RSA 660:1 shall be credited to this account. All fees which are credited to this account shall be continually appropriated to the secretary of state.|||Source. 1992, 267:4. 2005, 118:9. 2010, 180:8, eff. June 21, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 661:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 661 - Vacancies Among Public Officers Elected at State Elections|Section 661:1 - Vacancies Generally.

    661:1 Vacancies Generally. –||Any vacancy as defined in RSA 652:12 in a public office voted for at any state election shall be filled according to the provisions of this chapter.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 661:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 661 - Vacancies Among Public Officers Elected at State Elections|Section 661:2 - Determination of Vacancy.

    661:2 Determination of Vacancy. –||The officer having the authority to make an appointment or arrange for an election to fill a vacancy in a public office shall determine whether a vacancy exists in that office; provided that the secretary of state shall determine whether a vacancy exists under the election laws among officers-elect.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 661:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 661 - Vacancies Among Public Officers Elected at State Elections|Section 661:3 - Duties; Privileges.

    661:3 Duties;  Privileges. –||A person appointed or elected to fill a vacancy in a public office shall, during the unexpired term, perform the same duties as did his predecessor, be subject to the same requirements as was his predecessor and be entitled to the same privileges and emoluments as was his predecessor.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 661:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 661 - Vacancies Among Public Officers Elected at State Elections|Section 661:4 - Qualifications.

    661:4 Qualifications. –||A person appointed or elected to fill a vacancy in a public office shall meet the qualifications of the office as provided in RSA 655:3-10 at the time of his election or appointment.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 661:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 661 - Vacancies Among Public Officers Elected at State Elections|Section 661:5 - United States Senator.

    661:5 United States Senator. –||If a vacancy occurs in the office of United States senator, the governor shall fill the vacancy by temporary appointment until the next state general election, when a senator shall be elected for the unexpired term.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 661:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 661 - Vacancies Among Public Officers Elected at State Elections|Section 661:6 - United States Representative.

    661:6 United States Representative. –||If a vacancy occurs in the office of United States representative, the governor with advice of council shall, as soon as practicable, have precepts issued to the selectmen of the towns and cities in the district where the vacancy exists directing them to call a special state general election on the day he designates to fill the vacancy. Such election shall be conducted as provided in RSA 661:11 and shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 661:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 661 - Vacancies Among Public Officers Elected at State Elections|Section 661:7 - Governor.

    661:7 Governor. –||If a vacancy occurs in the office of governor, the vacancy shall be filled as provided in Part II, Article 49 of the state constitution.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 661:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 661 - Vacancies Among Public Officers Elected at State Elections|Section 661:8 - Executive Councilor; State Senator; State Representative.

    661:8 Executive Councilor;  State Senator;  State Representative. –||I. If a vacancy occurs in the office of executive councilor or state senator, it shall be filled as provided in Part II, Articles 34 and 62 of the state constitution.||II. If a vacancy occurs in the office of state representative from a single town or ward district, the vacancy may be filled following the provisions of RSA 655:81 and RSA 655:82 in the same manner as a state general election is held. In a multi-town or multi-ward district, a vacancy in the office of state representative shall be filled following the provisions of RSA 655:81 and RSA 655:82 by a special election if the selectmen of any town or the city for any ward in said district so request of the governor or council.||III. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph II, if a vacancy occurs in the office of state representative in a district comprised of a city ward or wards, a request to hold the primary and special elections on the same dates as the city's biennial primary and regular elections may be submitted to the governor and council by the governing body of the city. If so requested, the governor and council shall declare the vacancy not less than 56 days prior to the date of the city's primary election. The filing period shall start on the Monday following the date on which the governor and council declare that there shall be a special election and shall end at 5:00 p.m. on the Friday of that week. The provisions of RSA 655:81, III, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, and XI shall apply to elections held pursuant to this paragraph.||IV. Within 21 days after proof of a vacancy or a request that a vacancy be filled, the governor, in the case of an executive council vacancy, or the governor and council, in the case of any other vacancy, shall declare that there shall be a special election which shall be held as provided in RSA 655:81 and 82 or as provided in RSA 661:8, III.||V. No special election shall be held after March 15 of the second year of the biennium, as determined by RSA 655:81, I.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1981, 512:2. 1998, 136:2. 2001, 231:11. 2005, 25:1. 2006, 32:2. 2010, 317:59. 2012, 26:4. 2014, 319:17, eff. Aug. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 661:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 661 - Vacancies Among Public Officers Elected at State Elections|Section 661:9 - County Officers.

    661:9 County Officers. –||I. If a vacancy for a period of one year or longer occurs in the office of county sheriff, county attorney, register of deeds, or county treasurer, the members of the county convention shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term by a majority of the ballots cast. If a vacancy for a period of less than a year occurs in any such office, the members of the county convention shall, by majority vote of the county convention, vote to either fill the vacancy or to leave the office vacant.||II. (a) If a vacancy occurs in the office of a county commissioner, the members of the county convention, or, if the vacancy occurs in Hillsborough county, the members of the county convention representing the cities and towns in the commissioner's district, shall fill the vacancy by a majority of the ballots cast until the next biennial election of county officers. If the term filled is less than the unexpired term, then notwithstanding any provisions of RSA 653:1, VI, the commissioner district filled pursuant to this paragraph shall be added to the next biennial election ballot to be chosen by the voters of the county for a 2-year term.||(b) The provisions of subparagraph (a) shall apply only where the vacancy occurred no later than 30 days preceding the printing of the ballots for the primary election.||(c) The provisions of RSA 655:32 and RSA 655:37 relating to nominations by appropriate party committees for vacancies in an office on a primary or general election ballot, respectively, shall apply to vacancies to be filled under this paragraph.||III. If any person holding a county office enumerated in paragraph I or II becomes temporarily absent or incapacitated, the county convention may, upon application of the county attorney or county commissioners, declare a temporary absence and fill the same for a limited period of time expressed in the appointment.||IV. Any officer of a county, including the register of probate, may be removed by the county convention for official misconduct. Any removal under this paragraph shall be initiated by petition of a majority of the county commissioners, of the county attorney, or of a superior court judge. No officer of a county may be removed without notice of the allegations supporting the petition for removal and an opportunity to be heard by the county convention.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1987, 2:1. 1995, 277:22. 1998, 342:1. 1999, 174:1. 2003, 3:2; 289:42. 2011, 92:1, eff. May 27, 2011. 2016, 178:1, eff. Aug. 2, 2016. 2017, 5:1, eff. May 30, 2017; 191:1, eff. Aug. 29, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 661:9-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 661 - Vacancies Among Public Officers Elected at State Elections|Section 661:9-a - Register of Probate.

    661:9-a Register of Probate. –||If a vacancy occurs in the office of register of probate, the probate court shall appoint a commissioner to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. If any register of probate becomes temporarily absent or incapacitated, the probate court may, in its discretion, declare a temporary absence and fill the same for a limited period of time, but in any event, not to exceed the unexpired term.|||Source. 1995, 277:23, eff. Aug. 19, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 661:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 661 - Vacancies Among Public Officers Elected at State Elections|Section 661:10 - Delegate to State Party Convention.

    661:10 Delegate to State Party Convention. –||If a vacancy occurs in the office of delegate to a state party convention, the vacancy shall not be filled.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 661:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 661 - Vacancies Among Public Officers Elected at State Elections|Section 661:11 - Nomination and Conduct.

    661:11 Nomination and Conduct. –||Where a vacancy as described in this chapter is to be filled by a special state general election, nominations shall be made in accordance with RSA 655:81 and 655:82. The general election shall be conducted in as nearly as practicable the same manner as are regular state general elections except that the deadline for requesting a recount pursuant to RSA 660:1 shall be 2 days following the day of the election.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1981, 512:3, eff. Aug. 28, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 662:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 662 - Elective Districts|Section 662:2 - Councilor Districts.

    662:2 Councilor Districts. –||The state is divided into 5 districts for the choosing of councilors, each of which may elect one councilor. The districts shall be constituted as follows:||I. Councilor district number 1 is constituted of the counties of Coos and Grafton, the unincorporated place of Hale's Location, the towns of Albany, Alton, Andover, Bartlett, Brookfield, Center Harbor, Chatham, Conway, Cornish, Croydon, Danbury, Eaton, Effingham, Freedom, Gilford, Grantham, Hart's Location, Hill, Jackson, Madison, Meredith, Middleton, Milton, Moultonborough, New Durham, New Hampton, New London, Newport, Ossipee, Plainfield, Sanbornton, Sandwich, Springfield, Sunapee, Tamworth, Tilton, Tuftonboro, Wakefield, Wilmot, and Wolfeboro, and the cities of Claremont and Laconia.||II. Councilor district number 2 is constituted of the towns of Acworth, Alstead, Barnstead, Belmont, Boscawen, Bradford, Canterbury, Charlestown, Chesterfield, Dublin, Durham, Farmington, Gilmanton, Gilsum, Goshen, Hancock, Harrisville, Henniker, Hinsdale, Hopkinton, Langdon, Lempster, Madbury, Marlborough, Marlow, Nelson, Newbury, Northfield, Rollinsford, Roxbury, Salisbury, Stoddard, Strafford, Sullivan, Surry, Sutton, Unity, Walpole, Warner, Washington, Webster, Westmoreland, and Winchester, and the cities of Concord, Dover, Franklin, Keene, Rochester, and Somersworth.||III. Councilor district number 3 is constituted of the towns of Atkinson, Brentwood, Chester, Danville, Derry, East Kingston, Epping, Exeter, Fremont, Greenland, Hampstead, Hampton, Hampton Falls, Kensington, Kingston, New Castle, Newfields, Newington, Newmarket, Newton, North Hampton, Pelham, Plaistow, Raymond, Rye, Salem, Sandown, Seabrook, South Hampton, Stratham, and Windham, and the city of Portsmouth.||IV. Councilor district number 4 is constituted of the towns of Allenstown, Auburn, Barrington, Bedford, Bow, Candia, Chichester, Deerfield, Epsom, Goffstown, Hooksett, Lee, Londonderry, Loudon, Northwood, Nottingham, Pembroke, and Pittsfield, and the city of Manchester.||V. Councilor district number 5 is constituted of the towns of Amherst, Antrim, Bennington, Brookline, Deering, Dunbarton, Fitzwilliam, Francestown, Greenfield, Greenville, Hillsborough, Hollis, Hudson, Jaffrey, Litchfield, Lyndeborough, Mason, Merrimack, Milford, Mont Vernon, New Boston, New Ipswich, Peterborough, Richmond, Rindge, Sharon, Swanzey, Temple, Troy, Weare, Wilton, and Windsor, and the city of Nashua.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1982, 19:1. 1992, 61:1. 2002, 40:1. 2012, 170:1, eff. June 11, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 662-A:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 662-A - Division of State Representative Districts of Towns|Section 662-A:1 - Purpose and Intent.

    662-A:1 Purpose and Intent. –||It is the purpose of this chapter to implement the provisions of part 2, article 11-a of the New Hampshire constitution regarding division of representative districts into 2 or more representative districts. To that end, the general court hereby provides a mechanism whereby a town established as a multi-member representative district may divide into 2 or more districts for the purpose of electing representatives to the general court.|||Source. 1997, 312:1, eff. Aug. 20, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 662-A:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 662-A - Division of State Representative Districts of Towns|Section 662-A:2 - Scope of Authorization.

    662-A:2 Scope of Authorization. –||Any incorporated town comprising a single state representative district under RSA 662:5 shall be entitled to exercise the powers recognized by article 11-a, part second, of the New Hampshire constitution, and implemented through this chapter, to create a redistricting commission to present to its voters a referendum to request that the legislature divide the town into 2 or more districts for the purpose of electing representatives to the general court. If a town to be divided into districts under this chapter is included in a floterial district and also has a non-floterial district solely made up of representatives from the town, the provisions of this chapter shall only apply to the non-floterial district.|||Source. 1997, 312:1, eff. Aug. 20, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 662-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 662-A - Division of State Representative Districts of Towns|Section 662-A:3 - Placement of Article on Ballot.

    662-A:3 Placement of Article on Ballot. –||I. (a) The board of selectmen, or the voters of the town by the procedure established in RSA 39:3, may place an article on the warrant for annual town meeting at which town officers are elected, concerning the establishment of a redistricting commission. Such question shall be voted on by official ballot.||(b) In a town with a town council, the town council, or the voters by petition submitted to the council signed by 25 or more registered voters or 2 percent of the registered voters of the town, whichever is less, may place a question on the official ballot for any regular municipal election for the election of town officers, concerning the establishment of a redistricting commission.||II. The wording of the question shall be:||"Shall the town establish a redistricting commission to divide the town into 2 or more districts for the purpose of electing representatives to the general court?"||III. [Repealed.]|||Source. 1997, 312:1. 1998, 307:1, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 662-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 662-A - Division of State Representative Districts of Towns|Section 662-A:5 - Approval and Review.

    662-A:5 Approval and Review. –||I. Within 10 days of the filing of a preliminary report relative to any redistricting proposal, the town clerk shall file certified copies of the report with the secretary of state. Within 30 days of the receipt of the preliminary report, the secretary of state shall review the redistricting proposal to insure that it is consistent with the principle of one-person, one-vote using the most recent decennial census figures for the town and to insure that no provision of the redistricting of the town is in conflict with the constitution or laws of this state or the United States.||II. If the secretary of state approves the preliminary report, the redistricting proposal shall be presented to the voters pursuant to RSA 662-A:6 or RSA 662-A:7.||III. If the secretary of state does not approve, the redistricting proposal shall not be placed on the ballot for voter approval. The secretary of state shall specify objections in writing to the commission within the period of time allowed for review and shall offer recommendations for changes in the redistricting proposal which would correct any inconsistencies in the proposal. Failure to specify objections to a redistricting proposal under this section shall constitute approval by the secretary of state.||IV. The commission may seek judicial review of a disapproval of the proposal by the secretary of state in superior court to determine the lawfulness of the decision of the secretary of state. The clerk of the court shall schedule a hearing on any such appeal within 10 days of the filing of the petition.|||Source. 1997, 312:1, eff. Aug. 20, 1997.|