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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 669 - Town Elections › Section 669:63 - Selectmen.

669:63 Selectmen. –
Vacancies in the board of selectmen shall be filled by appointment made by the remaining selectmen. Whenever the selectmen fail to make such appointment, the superior court or any justice thereof, on petition of any citizen of the town, and after such notice as the court shall deem reasonable, may appoint a suitable person to fill the vacancy; provided, however, that if the town has adopted the provisions of RSA 669:61, IV, and a petition thereunder is submitted before the submission of a petition under this section, the provisions of RSA 669:61, IV shall apply.
Source.
1979, 410:1. 2008, 267:2, eff. Aug. 25, 2008.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 669 - Town Elections › Section 669:64 - Supervisors of the Checklist.

669:64 Supervisors of the Checklist. –
Vacancies in the board of supervisors shall be filled within 45 days by appointment made by the remaining supervisors. If there is only one member of the board, or if the whole board shall be vacant, or if the remaining supervisors fail to fill the vacancy within 45 days, the moderator shall make the appointments. If a town elects supervisors by means of the partisan ballot system, any such appointee shall be of the same political party as the supervisor whose place he is filling.
Source.
1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979. 2017, 72:1, eff. Aug. 1, 2017.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 669 - Town Elections › Section 669:65 - Town Clerk.

669:65 Town Clerk. –
Vacancies in the office of town clerk shall be filled by appointment made by the selectmen except in towns in which pursuant to RSA 41:18 the selectmen have previously appointed a deputy town clerk, in which case the deputy shall serve as town clerk until the next annual town election, unless the deputy does not have his or her domicile in the town, in which case the vacancy shall be filled by appointment made by the selectmen.
Source.
1979, 410:1. 2000, 308:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2002 at 12:01 a.m.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 669 - Town Elections › Section 669:66 - Town Clerk-Tax Collector.

669:66 Town Clerk-Tax Collector. –
If a vacancy in the office of town clerk-tax collector occurs, the deputy provided for in RSA 41:45-c shall discharge the duties of the town clerk-tax collector until the selectmen fill the position of town clerk-tax collector within 30 days.
Source.
1979, 410:1. 1983, 30:5, eff. July 11, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 669 - Town Elections › Section 669:67 - Tax Collector.

669:67 Tax Collector. –
If a vacancy in the office of tax collector occurs before the incumbent thereof has completed the collection of the taxes committed to him, or if the collector is removed from office pursuant to RSA 41:40, the deputy tax collector provided for in RSA 41:38 shall discharge the duties of the tax collector until the selectmen fill the position of tax collector within 30 days.
Source.
1979, 410:1. 1983, 30:3, eff. July 11, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 669 - Town Elections › Section 669:68 - Town Auditors.

669:68 Town Auditors. –
Vacancies in the office of town auditor shall be filled by appointment made by the supervisors of the checklist. If a supervisor is also the town treasurer, he shall abstain from the decision on the appointment, and the other supervisors shall make the appointment.
Source.
1979, 410:1. 1987, 276:8, eff. July 24, 1987.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 669 - Town Elections › Section 669:69 - Town Treasurer.

669:69 Town Treasurer. –
Vacancies in the office of town treasurer shall be filled by appointment made by the selectmen except in towns in which, pursuant to RSA 41:29-a, the treasurer has appointed a deputy treasurer, in which case the deputy shall serve as town treasurer until the next annual town election.
Source.
1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 669 - Town Elections › Section 669:70 - Municipal Planning Boards.

669:70 Municipal Planning Boards. –
Vacancies in the membership and alternates of a town's municipal planning board shall be filled as provided in RSA 673:11 and 673:12.
Source.
1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 669 - Town Elections › Section 669:71 - Municipal Budget Committee.

669:71 Municipal Budget Committee. –
Vacancies on the municipal budget committee shall be filled in accordance with RSA 32:15, VII.
Source.
1979, 410:1. 1993, 332:6, eff. Aug. 28, 1993.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 669 - Town Elections › Section 669:73 - Trustee of the Trust Fund.

669:73 Trustee of the Trust Fund. –
Vacancies in the office of trustee of the trust fund shall be filled by appointment made by the board of selectmen for the remainder of the unexpired term.
Source.
1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 669 - Town Elections › Section 669:74 - Highway Agents.

669:74 Highway Agents. –
Vacancies in the office of elected highway agents shall be filled by appointment made by the board of selectmen for the remainder of the unexpired term.
Source.
1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 669 - Town Elections › Section 669:75 - Vacancies in Other Offices.

669:75 Vacancies in Other Offices. –
Vacancies in the offices of constable, sewer commissioner, town assessor, overseers of public welfare, library trustee, and any other optional offices where no other method of filling a vacancy shall be provided by vote of the town shall be filled by appointment made by the board of selectmen.
Source.
1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 670 - Village District Elections › Section 670:1 - Election Dates.

670:1 Election Dates. –
The election of village district officers shall be conducted at the annual meeting of the village district which shall be held between January 1 and May 1 of each year. In the case of a district formed for the purpose of impoundment of water, such annual meeting may be held at another time if so voted at a previous meeting.
Source.
1979, 410:1. 1981, 375:3, eff. Aug. 22, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 670 - Village District Elections › Section 670:1-a - Rescheduling of Village District Elections.

670:1-a Rescheduling of Village District Elections. –
In the case of a village district that includes voters from 2 or more towns and holds its elections in conjunction with town elections, in the event of a weather or other emergency as described in RSA 669:1, V, the town moderators in each town shall, as described in RSA 669:1, coordinate to reschedule the town and village district elections as provided in that section.
Source.
2019, 192:9, eff. July 10, 2019.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 670 - Village District Elections › Section 670:2 - Officers Elected.

670:2 Officers Elected. –
The voters of each village district shall, at each annual village district election, elect a moderator, a clerk, 3 commissioners, a treasurer, and such other officers as may be directed by law or as the voters thereof may judge necessary for managing the district's affairs. Any village district voting to do so may elect one commissioner to serve for one year, one to serve for 2 years and one to serve for 3 years and, at every annual meeting thereafter, elect one commissioner to serve for 3 years. A village district officer shall assume office upon his election and qualification for office, and shall serve until the election and qualification of his successor.
Source.
1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 670 - Village District Elections › Section 670:2-a - Optional Election of Commissioners in Districts.

670:2-a Optional Election of Commissioners in Districts. –
I. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 670:2, any village district may at any annual meeting under an article in the warrant for the meeting elect 5 rather than 3 commissioners by a majority vote of the legal voters present and voting at the annual meeting in the manner provided in paragraph II.
II. Upon written petition of 25 voters qualified to vote in a village district election and whose names are on the village district checklist, or 2 percent of such voters, whichever number is fewer, addressed and delivered to the commissioners not later than 35 days before any annual meeting, the following question shall be submitted to the voters at the meeting: "Are you in favor of increasing the number of commissioners from 3 to 5?" In districts having an official ballot, the question shall appear upon the ballot pursuant to RSA 670:7. In districts where no official ballot is used, the vote on this question shall be by special ballot. After the question, squares with the words "yes" and "no" shall be printed on the ballot in which the voter may mark his choice pursuant to RSA 670:7.
III. A village district which votes to increase the number of commissioners as provided in paragraph II may rescind its action in the same manner, except that the question shall read: "Are you in favor of decreasing the number of commissioners from 5 to 3 members?"
IV. If a district votes to increase or to decrease the number of commissioners, the change shall not take effect in either case until the first annual meeting following the meeting at which the question was acted upon.
(a) If the village district votes to increase the number of commissioners to 5, and its commissioners serve 3-year terms, at the first annual meeting following the vote the village district shall elect 2 commissioners for 3-year terms, and one commissioner for a one-year term. At the next annual meeting, the village district shall elect 2 commissioners for 3-year terms.
(b) If the village district votes to increase the number of commissioners to 5 and its commissioners serve one-year terms, at the first annual meeting following the vote, the village district shall elect 5 commissioners for one-year terms.
(c) At succeeding annual elections the village district shall fill commissioner vacancies as they regularly occur.
(d) If a village district votes to decrease its commissioners to 3, at the annual meeting following the vote, the terms of office of all the commissioners shall end and the village district shall elect 3 commissioners, as provided in RSA 670:2.
Source.
1986, 13:1, eff. June 17, 1986. 2022, 59:1, eff. July 19, 2022.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 670 - Village District Elections › Section 670:3 - Voters and Checklists.

670:3 Voters and Checklists. –
Any person having his or her domicile within the village district and qualified to vote as provided in RSA 654:1 through 654:6 and whose name is on the village district checklist shall be entitled to vote in any village district election. An updated checklist shall be used at all village district elections and meetings for the same purposes as checklists are used by towns as provided in RSA 669:5. Such checklist or checklists, if the district is located in more than one town, shall be used in the election of district officers.
Source.
1979, 410:1. 1985, 120:1. 1993, 163:1. 1994, 218:5. 2010, 317:67, eff. July 18, 2010.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 670 - Village District Elections › Section 670:4 - Nominations.

670:4 Nominations. –
To become a candidate for any village district office, a person must have a domicile in the village district. In any village district which has voted to elect district officers by non-partisan official ballot as provided in RSA 669:13, all candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy with the village district clerk, in the same manner as with the town clerk in town elections as provided in RSA 669:19-669:22.
Source.
1979, 410:1. 1991, 254:11, eff. Aug. 9, 1991.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 670 - Village District Elections › Section 670:4-a - Filing Candidacy.

670:4-a Filing Candidacy. –
No person shall file as a candidate for a village district office for more than one seat on the same village district or school district board, commission, committee, or council.
Source.
1992, 96:6, eff. April 24, 1992.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 670 - Village District Elections › Section 670:5 - Warrant.

670:5 Warrant. –
Village district elections shall be warned by the commissioners in the same manner as town elections are warned by the selectmen as provided in RSA 669:2 and RSA 39. The commissioners shall give the supervisors of the checklist 60 days notice of any village district election.
Source.
1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979. 2016, 116:1, eff. July 19, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 670 - Village District Elections › Section 670:6 - Absentee Voting.

670:6 Absentee Voting. –
A village district which has voted to elect officers by non-partisan official ballot as provided in RSA 670:7 shall provide for absentee voting in the same manner as in town elections as provided in RSA 669:26-669:29 except that all duties performed therein by the town clerk shall be performed by the village district clerk.
Source.
1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 670 - Village District Elections › Section 670:7 - Ballot Systems.

670:7 Ballot Systems. –
A village district may vote to adopt the non-partisan official ballot system for the election of district officers in the same manner as towns, as provided in RSA 669:13 in which case it shall be subject to the provisions of RSA 669:13 and 669:19-669:24. A village district which has not adopted the non-partisan ballot system but which votes to elect district officers by ballot shall be subject to the provisions of RSA 669:54-669:60 for the unofficial ballot system in towns. No village district may vote to adopt a partisan ballot system.
Source.
1979, 410:1. 1987, 276:9, eff. July 24, 1987.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 670 - Village District Elections › Section 670:8 - Non-Ballot Voting.

670:8 Non-Ballot Voting. –
A village district may vote to elect district officers by ballot or other means at the village district election or meeting in the same manner as towns as provided in RSA 669:17.
Source.
1979, 410:1. 1987, 276:9, eff. July 24, 1987.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 670 - Village District Elections › Section 670:9 - Report to Commissioner of Revenue Administration.

670:9 Report to Commissioner of Revenue Administration. –
After the village district election, the clerk of a village district shall forthwith report the names and post office addresses of all village district officers to the commissioner of revenue administration. If any village district officer has not been elected or appointed at the time of the election, the village district clerk shall inform the commissioner of revenue administration of the name and mailing address of the person chosen to fill the position.
Source.
1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 670 - Village District Elections › Section 670:10 - Tie Votes.

670:10 Tie Votes. –
If the 2 candidates having the highest number of votes for a village district office shall have an equal number, the successful candidate shall be chosen in the same manner as is provided for resolving tie votes under RSA 669:36 or 60.
Source.
1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 670 - Village District Elections › Section 670:11 - Recounts.

670:11 Recounts. –
Recounts of village district elections shall be conducted in the same manner as in town elections as provided in RSA 669:30-669:35 except that the board of recount shall be composed of the village district clerk, moderator and commissioners, each of whom shall perform the duties of the corresponding officer in the town.
Source.
1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 670 - Village District Elections › Section 670:12 - Vacancies.

670:12 Vacancies. –
The commissioners shall make appointments to fill vacancies in the offices of village district clerk, moderator, and treasurer, and their own board. In the case of a vacancy in the office of commissioner with a 2- or 3-year term, the remaining commissioners shall make an appointment to fill said vacancy until the next annual meeting of the district, at which time a commissioner shall be elected to fill the unexpired term.
Source.
1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:2 - Election Dates.

671:2 Election Dates. –
School district officers shall be elected either at the town meeting as provided in RSA 671:22-26 or at an annual meeting of the district held between the dates set forth in RSA 197:1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no election for school district officers shall be held in conjunction with the biennial election. The prohibition in this section against holding an election for school district officers in conjunction with the biennial election shall not apply to the election of the board of education members of the Concord union school district as provided in 1961, 355 as amended by 1983, 123, or any successor charter thereto, or to the election of the Laconia board of education members as provided in section 9:01 of the city charter of Laconia as amended by 1975, 357.
Source.
1979, 321:1. 1981, 250:4. 1991, 370:8. 2004, 254:10. 2011, 255:2, eff. Sept. 11, 2011.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:3 - Term of Office.

671:3 Term of Office. –
Except as otherwise provided, the term of any officer elected under the provisions of this chapter shall begin upon the officer's election and qualification for office and shall end upon the election and qualification of the officer's successor.
Source.
1979, 321:1. 1997, 176:1, eff. Aug. 11, 1997.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:4 - Board.

671:4 Board. –
A school district which is not a cooperative school district as defined in RSA 195:1 may have a school board of 3, 5, 7, or 9 members, as it shall determine by vote at any annual meeting. They shall serve for a term of 3 years. Insofar as possible, an equal number of the members shall be elected at each school district election. Whenever such a district determines to change the number of board members, it shall also determine the number of members to be elected each year. Such change shall not take effect until the school district election in the year next following the one in which the change is voted. The board will increase or decrease in membership so that there will always be an uneven number of members until the desired number is reached. The school board of a district which does not otherwise vote shall have 3 members.
Source.
1979, 321:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:5 - Auditors.

671:5 Auditors. –
At each district election, each district which is not a cooperative school district as defined in RSA 195:1 shall elect one or more auditors. In a district voting to elect 2 or more auditors, their terms shall be staggered so that one auditor shall be elected each year for a term of office of the same number of years as there are auditors; provided, however, that, in the first year, the auditors shall be chosen for varying terms so that the term of one auditor shall expire in the next succeeding year, the term of the second auditor, the next year, and so on for the number of years as there are number of auditors. When voters of the district direct the school board to request an audit by independent public accountants from outside the district, they shall not be required to choose auditors for the year covered by said audit.
Source.
1979, 321:1. 2010, 262:2, eff. Sept. 4, 2010.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:6 - Other Officers.

671:6 Other Officers. –
Except as provided under RSA 671:6-a, at each school district election, each school district which is not a cooperative school district as defined in RSA 195:1 shall elect a school district clerk, moderator, treasurer, and such optional officers as the voters of the district shall have voted to elect to manage the affairs of the district. The moderator shall take office upon the adjournment of the regular school district meeting held in the year of the moderator's election and upon the moderator's qualification for office, whichever is later. The treasurer shall take office upon the close of the fiscal year for the district and upon the treasurer's qualification for office, whichever is later. An optional officer may not be elected by official ballot until the annual district election first following the establishment of the office. The school district may, by vote, determine to elect a temporary officer or authorize the school board to appoint a temporary officer to serve until the next annual district election.
Source.
1979, 321:1. 1981, 285:2. 1997, 176:2, eff. Aug. 11, 1997.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:7 - Cooperative School District Planning Committee.

671:7 Cooperative School District Planning Committee. –
Any school district which votes at any annual or special district meeting to create a cooperative school district planning committee under RSA 195:18 shall elect the members of said committee as provided in RSA 195:18.
Source.
1979, 321:1. 1996, 158:16, eff. July 1, 1996.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:8 - Composition of Cooperative School Boards.

671:8 Composition of Cooperative School Boards. –
The number, composition, method of selection, and terms of members of cooperative school boards shall be as provided in the bylaws or articles of agreement of the cooperative school district, as the case may be, in accordance with RSA 195:19-a.
Source.
1979, 321:1. 1996, 158:16, eff. July 1, 1996.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:9 - Reapportionment.

671:9 Reapportionment. –
Any cooperative school district organized under any of the provisions of RSA 195 or pursuant to any special act may at any regular or special meeting vote to change the number, composition, method of selection, and terms of office of members on the board of the district in accordance with the provisions of RSA 195:19-b.
Source.
1979, 321:1. 1996, 158:16, eff. July 1, 1996.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:10 - Budget Committee Members.

671:10 Budget Committee Members. –
The voters of any cooperative school district which has voted at a previous meeting to elect a budget committee under RSA 195:12-a shall elect members of the budget committee as provided in RSA 195:12-a.
Source.
1979, 321:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:11 - Moderator.

671:11 Moderator. –
Except as provided under RSA 671:11-a, at every school district election, a cooperative school district shall elect a moderator and such other officers as the voters of the district have voted to elect to manage the district's affairs. Any optional officers shall be chosen as provided in RSA 671:6.
Source.
1979, 321:1. 1999, 75:1, eff. July 27, 1999.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:11-a - Optional Term for Moderator.

671:11-a Optional Term for Moderator. –
I. At any annual school district meeting under an article in the warrant placed there by petition, the voters may vote to determine if they are in favor of having 2-year or 3-year terms for the moderator. If the school district has adopted an official ballot, the clerk shall cause the following question to be printed on said ballot: "Are you in favor of changing the term of the moderator from one year to (here insert term option) years, beginning with the term of the moderator to be elected at next year's regular school district meeting?" Said question shall be printed in the form prescribed by RSA 656:13. If the school district has not adopted an official ballot, the clerk shall cause the same question to be printed upon special ballots which shall be used to determine the vote of the school district. If a majority of those voting on the question vote in favor of 2-year or 3-year terms, at the next annual meeting after the vote of approval, the school district shall elect a moderator for a 2-year or 3-year term in accordance with the results of such vote.
II. After the 2-year or 3-year term for moderator has been established, at any annual school district meeting held the year before the end of the 2-year or 3-year term, under an article in the warrant placed there by petition, the voters may vote to determine if they are in favor of changing the 2-year or 3-year term for the moderator. If the school district has adopted an official ballot, the clerk shall cause the following question to be printed on said ballot: "Are you in favor of changing the term of the moderator from (here insert term option) years to (here insert term option) year(s), beginning with the term of the moderator who shall be elected at next year's regular school district meeting?" The question shall be printed in the form prescribed by RSA 656:13. If the school district has not adopted an official ballot, the clerk shall cause the same question to be printed upon special ballots which shall be used to determine the vote of the school district. If a majority of those voting on the question vote in favor of changing the term, at the next annual school district meeting, the voters shall elect the moderator in accordance with the result of such vote.
III. The term of the moderator shall be for one year, 2 years, or 3 years.
IV. The power of choosing one-year, 2-year, or 3-year terms for the moderator shall not extend to any other officers of the school district.
Source.
1999, 75:2, eff. July 27, 1999.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:12 - First Meeting.

671:12 First Meeting. –
The organizational meeting of a cooperative school district shall be conducted in accordance with RSA 195:18, IX.
Source.
1979, 321:1. 1996, 158:17, eff. July 1, 1996.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:13 - Area School Planning Committee.

671:13 Area School Planning Committee. –
Any school district which votes at any annual or special meeting to create and to elect an area school planning committee under RSA 195-A:3 shall, at the same meeting, elect the members of said committee.
Source.
1979, 321:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:14 - Qualifications.

671:14 Qualifications. –
Any person domiciled in the school district who is qualified to vote as provided in RSA 654:1 through 654:6 and who is on the school district checklist shall be entitled to vote at any school district election.
Source.
1979, 321:1. 1997, 176:4. 2010, 317:68, eff. July 18, 2010.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:15 - Checklist.

671:15 Checklist. –
An updated checklist shall be used at all school district elections and meetings for the same purposes as checklists are used by towns as provided in RSA 669:5. The supervisors of the town checklist, acting as supervisors of the school district checklist, shall correct, certify, and post the checklist for the district as provided in RSA 654:25-654:31.
Source.
1979, 321:1. 1981, 571:4. 2003, 27:6, eff. July 1, 2003. 2017, 64:1, eff. Aug. 1, 2017.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:17 - Special Provisions for Cooperative School Districts.

671:17 Special Provisions for Cooperative School Districts. –
I. At the organizational meeting of the cooperative school district, the checklists for each pre-existing district shall be used in accordance with RSA 195:19-c. The school board of any pre-existing district which does not have a checklist shall make a list of the legal voters in the district for use at such meeting as supervisors are required to do in towns as provided in RSA 654:25-654:31. Thereafter, the cooperative school board shall make, correct and post a list of the legal voters of the cooperative school district acting as supervisors are required to do; except that such list shall indicate with respect to each voter the pre-existing district in which the voter is domiciled. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, whenever each of the pre-existing school districts is coextensive with the town in which it is located, the cooperative school district may, at an annual cooperative school district meeting, under an article in the warrant for such meeting, vote that the supervisors of each town, acting as the supervisors of the cooperative school district, shall make, correct and post in each pre-existing district a checklist of the voters in each pre-existing district and shall certify to the same acting as supervisors of the cooperative school district and shall attend the cooperative school district meeting. At each cooperative school district election, the checklists prepared by the supervisors in each pre-existing district in accordance with this section shall be used.
II. An updated checklist shall be used at all cooperative school district elections and meetings for the same purposes as checklists are used by towns as provided in RSA 669:5.
III. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any registered voter on a town or city checklist, domiciled within a cooperative school district, shall be eligible to vote at any cooperative school district election or meeting in the district where the voter is domiciled. The supervisors of the checklists for the various cities and towns within a cooperative school district shall make an appropriate notation on their respective checklists with respect to which school district a registered voter is entitled to vote in.
IV. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any cooperative school district, which uses the checklists of the cities and towns within the district for an election or meeting pursuant to paragraph III, shall not be required to maintain a separate school district checklist or conduct sessions of the supervisors of the checklist.
Source.
1979, 321:1. 1981, 571:5. 1991, 220:1. 1996, 158:18. 1997, 176:5, eff. Aug. 11, 1997.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:18 - Qualifications.

671:18 Qualifications. –
To become a candidate for any school district office, a person must be a registered voter in the district. No person holding the office of member of the school board shall at the same time hold the office of district moderator, treasurer, or auditor. No person employed on a salaried basis by a school administrative unit or by any school district within a school administrative unit shall be a school board member in any district of the school administrative unit. Salaried positions shall include, but are not limited to, the following: teacher, custodian, administrator, secretary, school bus driver (if paid by the district), school lunch worker and teacher's aide.
Source.
1979, 321:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:19 - Filing.

671:19 Filing. –
All the provisions of RSA 669:19-669:22 relative to filing for office and withdrawal of candidacy for a non-partisan town election shall apply to school district elections except that in those statutes where there is a reference to a town or a town clerk, it shall be read to refer to a school district or a school district clerk.
Source.
1979, 321:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:20 - By School District Clerk.

671:20 By School District Clerk. –
The school district clerk shall prepare ballots for school district elections in the same manner as town clerks for non-partisan town elections, as provided in RSA 669:23 and 669:24, except that the ballot shall be of a different color than any other ballot used at the election.
Source.
1979, 321:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:21 - Absentee Voting.

671:21 Absentee Voting. –
I. A school district shall provide for absentee voting in the same manner as towns as provided in RSA 669:26-669:29 except that all duties performed therein by the town clerk shall be performed by the school district clerk.
II. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph I, if any school district votes to elect its district officers by separate ballot at the town election as provided in RSA 671:22, II, then for either the town election or the school district election an application for an absentee ballot shall be sufficient in order to receive an absentee ballot for both the town election and the school district election. If a town adopts the provisions of RSA 671:22, II, all forms relative to applications for absentee ballots, all absentee ballots, and all returns of absentee ballots shall be made only available at and only returnable to, as applicable, the office of each town clerk of each town comprising the school district.
III. Each town clerk shall make facilities in the town clerk's office available for the school district clerk to perform school district functions in connection with absentee voting. It shall be the duty of the school district clerk to post a notice at the school district clerk's office informing voters that all absentee voting procedures for school district elections shall be handled only through the town clerk's office.
Source.
1979, 321:1. 1983, 102:1. 1997, 176:6, eff. Aug. 11, 1997.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:22 - Election at Town Meeting.

671:22 Election at Town Meeting. –
I. As used in this section, the words, "any school district" shall mean (a) a school district which is coextensive with the town in which it is located, or (b) a cooperative school district composed of preexisting districts which were each coextensive with the towns in which they are located, or (c) a cooperative school district which is composed of a preexisting cooperative district as defined in (b) and other school districts as defined in (a).
II. Any school district as defined in paragraph I may at any annual or special meeting under an article in the warrant for such meeting vote to elect its district officers by separate ballot at the town election in such town, and may rescind such action in like manner. Such action shall not take effect until the calendar year next following the year in which such vote is taken. The newly elected officers shall take office at the close of the town meeting at which they are elected; provided, however, that if the annual school district meeting is held subsequent to this town meeting, they shall take office at the close of the annual school district meeting and that the treasurer shall take office at the close of the fiscal year of the school district.
III. Nothing herein shall preclude other appropriate coordination of school district and town elections consistent with all the applicable requirements of law where school district and town meetings are simultaneously in session and school districts have duly voted to adopt as official for school district purposes the town checklist, polling place, and election machinery.
IV. Nothing in the provisions for election of school district officers at town meetings shall be construed as affecting any city charter, nor is a city authorized to adopt the provisions hereof.
Source.
1979, 321:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:22-a - Rescheduling Elections.

671:22-a Rescheduling Elections. –
In the case of a school district that comprises one or more preexisting districts and holds its elections in conjunction with the town elections in the component towns as provided in this subdivision, in the event of a weather or other emergency as described in RSA 669:1, V, the town moderators in each town shall, as described in RSA 669:1, coordinate to reschedule the town and school district elections.
Source.
2019, 192:10, eff. July 10, 2019.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:23 - Warrant.

671:23 Warrant. –
Where a school district has voted to elect its district officers at the town election, the school board shall post a special warrant for the election of such officers, as provided in RSA 671:27.
Source.
1979, 321:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:25 - Duties of Clerk of School District.

671:25 Duties of Clerk of School District. –
The clerk of the school district shall prepare the official ballots for the school district as provided in RSA 671:20 and shall deliver the same to the town moderator before the opening of the polls at the town election. The ballots shall be of a color different from that of any other ballot being used at the town election.
Source.
1979, 321:1. 1997, 176:7, eff. Aug. 11, 1997.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:26 - Counting Ballots.

671:26 Counting Ballots. –
The town election officials shall act in like capacity for the school district in conducting the school district election. After the close of the polls, the town election officials shall turn all school district ballots over to the moderator of the school district, who shall then proceed to count the ballots publicly with the assistance of such legal voters of the district as the moderator of the school district shall appoint. Provided, however, that, in the case of cooperative school districts, the town election officials, immediately after the close of the polls, shall count the ballots for school district officers and, within 24 hours, forward to the school district clerk a list of the number of votes received by each candidate for school district office. The list shall be signed by the town clerk and witnessed by the town moderator. Upon receipt of the list, the cooperative school district clerk shall record the results from each town and shall, when the results from all towns within the district have been recorded, determine and announce the names of the winning candidates.
Source.
1979, 321:1. 1997, 176:8, eff. Aug. 11, 1997.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:26-a - Coordinating Certain Town and School District Elections.

671:26-a Coordinating Certain Town and School District Elections. –
To facilitate voting for future annual meetings, to reduce costs, and to best accommodate the voters of the town, the legislative body of a town, which has not adopted the official ballot referendum form of meeting, although the school district has adopted the official ballot referendum form of meeting, may authorize coordination of future town elections with the school district elections. The joint elections shall be held at a time and place determined by, and shall be supervised by, the election officials of the town, as provided in RSA 671:26. The town and the school board shall allocate the costs of the joint elections in the same manner as in previous years, or as mutually agreed upon by the governing body of the town and the school board.
Source.
1997, 330:4, eff. June 23, 1997.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:27 - Posting Warrant.

671:27 Posting Warrant. –
A warrant for the school district election shall be posted by the school board, in the same manner as the selectmen for town elections as provided in RSA 669:2; provided that, in a cooperative school district, a copy of the warrant shall be posted in at least one public place in each preexisting district, as well as at the place of meeting. If a school board shall unreasonably neglect or refuse to warn an election, a justice of superior court, upon petition of 10 or more voters, or
1/10 of the voters of the district, whichever is less, may issue such warrant and cause it to be posted.
Source.
1979, 321:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:28 - Inspectors.

671:28 Inspectors. –
The school board of each school district, at some time prior to the school district election each year, may appoint 4 inspectors of election as additional election officers to act with the clerk, moderator and school board. If the number of voters qualified to vote at an election shall exceed 2,000, the school board may appoint for such election 2 additional inspectors for each additional 2,000 qualified voters or fraction thereof. If the number of voters qualified to vote at any school district election shall exceed 4,000, the school board may appoint such additional inspectors as they may deem necessary for the efficient conduct of the election, so long as the total number of election officials shall not exceed 24. The inspectors shall be qualified voters at said election. They shall assist the school district moderator in counting votes for school district officers and questions.
Source.
1979, 321:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:28-a - School Board Member Pro Tem.

671:28-a School Board Member Pro Tem. –
If a school board member is absent from or unable to perform his or her duties for all or any part of the day at any school district election, the school board member is authorized to appoint a school board member pro tem to perform his or her duties. If one or more school board members are absent or unable to perform their duties and have not appointed school board members pro tem, or if a school board member pro tem is absent or unable to perform his or her duties for all or any part of the day, the moderator is authorized to appoint school board members pro tem to perform their duties.
Source.
2018, 178:1, eff. Aug. 7, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:29 - Additional Polling Places for Cooperative School Districts.

671:29 Additional Polling Places for Cooperative School Districts. –
The board of a cooperative school district may authorize the establishment of additional polling places within the building wherein the annual meeting is held. Said additional polling places shall be equipped and laid out in the same manner as the central polling place, and shall be supervised by the election officials of the several towns as provided in RSA 671:26.
Source.
1979, 321:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:30 - Non-Partisan Ballot System.

671:30 Non-Partisan Ballot System. –
Every school district in the state, except one having a special statute relative to election of its district offices, shall use the non-partisan ballot system for the election of district officers, in the same manner as in towns as provided in RSA 669:19-669:25, except that all references to towns or town clerks shall be read to refer to school districts or school district clerks.
Source.
1979, 321:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:31 - Reports by Clerk.

671:31 Reports by Clerk. –
The clerk of every school district, after the annual meeting, shall forthwith report the names and post office addresses of all school district officers to the commissioner of revenue administration and to the commissioner of education. If any school district officer has not been chosen or appointed at that time, the school district clerk shall promptly make like reports when such officer is chosen or appointed so that the commissioner of revenue administration and the commissioner of education shall at all times be informed of the names and mailing addresses of all school district officers.
Source.
1979, 321:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIII - Elections › Chapter 671 - School District Elections › Section 671:32 - Recount; Tie Vote.

671:32 Recount;  Tie Vote. –
Tie votes and recounts in school district elections shall be handled in the same manner as in town elections as provided in RSA 40:4-c and 40:4-d and in RSA 669:30-669:36, except as specified herein:
I. The school district clerk shall have all the duties and powers of the town clerk;
II. The board of recount shall be composed of the school district clerk, the school district moderator, and the members of the school board. The school district moderator shall be the chairperson of the board of recount; and
III. The fee for the recount shall be paid to the school district clerk for conducting the recount.
Source.
1979, 321:1. 1999, 5:1. 2002, 95:1. 2015, 159:2, eff. Aug. 25, 2015.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIV - Planning and Zoning › Chapter 672 - General Provisions › Section 672:2 - Definition of Words and Phrases.

672:2 Definition of Words and Phrases. –
The following words and phrases when used in Title LXIV shall have the meanings given to them in this chapter.
Source.
1983, 447:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LXIV - Planning and Zoning › Chapter 672 - General Provisions › Section 672:3 - Abutter.

672:3 Abutter. –
"Abutter" means any person whose property is located in New Hampshire and adjoins or is directly across the street or stream from the land under consideration by the local land use board. For purposes of receiving testimony only, and not for purposes of notification, the term "abutter" shall include any person who is able to demonstrate that his land will be directly affected by the proposal under consideration. For purposes of receipt of notification by a municipality of a local land use board hearing, in the case of an abutting property being under a condominium or other collective form of ownership, theterm abuttermeans the officers of the collective or association, as defined in RSA 356-B:3, XXIII. For purposes of receipt of notification by a municipality of a local land use board hearing, in the case of an abutting property being under a manufactured housing park form of ownership as defined in RSA 205-A:1, II, the term "abutter" includes the manufactured housing park owner and the tenants who own manufactured housing which adjoins or is directly across the street or stream from the land under consideration by the local land use board.
Source.
1983, 447:1. 1986, 33:2. 2002, 216:1, eff. July 15, 2002.