Section 666:1 – General Penalty.
666:1 General Penalty. – Any person guilty of an offense against any provision of the laws relating to elections for which no penalty is specified shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person. Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.
Section 666:2 – Official Malfeasance.
666:2 Official Malfeasance. – A moderator, supervisor of the checklist, selectman or town clerk shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if at any election: I. He shall knowingly receive and count any illegal vote; or II. He shall knowingly omit to receive and count any legal vote; or III. He shall knowingly remove any […]
Section 666:3 – Official Misconduct.
666:3 Official Misconduct. – I. (a) Any public officer upon whom a duty relating to elections is imposed who shall knowingly fail to perform such duty or who shall knowingly perform it in such a way as to hinder the objects thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if no other penalty is provided […]
Section 666:4 – Challengers Appointed by Party Committee.
666:4 Challengers Appointed by Party Committee. – The state committee of a political party may appoint a person to act as challenger of voters at any polling place in the state at a state election. A city or town committee of such a party may appoint a person to act as such challenger at […]
Section 665:12 – Subpoenas; Oaths.
665:12 Subpoenas; Oaths. – The commission shall have power to subpoena witnesses and administer oaths in any proceeding before it and to compel by subpoena duces tecum the production of any checklist, tally sheet, or other document or thing of any kind whatever. Source. 2003, 151:8, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
Section 665:3 – Political Contributions Prohibited.
665:3 Political Contributions Prohibited. – No ballot law commission member shall make a contribution, as defined in RSA 664:2, to any candidate for office or political committee. Source. 2003, 151:8, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
Section 665:4 – Compensation.
665:4 Compensation. – The commissioners shall receive such compensation for their services as shall be approved by the governor and council. All bills for supplies required by the commission, necessary expenses of the commissioners, and fees of witnesses summoned by the commission shall be paid by the state upon the approval of the governor […]
Section 665:5 – Hearing Date.
665:5 Hearing Date. – I. If necessary, the ballot law commission shall meet on the third Thursday of September in each general election year and the third Friday following the presidential primary election in order to hear and decide: (a) Written objections filed pursuant to RSA 665:6, I and II; and (b) Written appeals […]
Section 665:6 – General Duties.
665:6 General Duties. – The ballot law commission shall have jurisdiction in the following cases: I. When the nominations at the primary, as declared pursuant to RSA 659:86-89, are in apparent conformity with law, they shall be valid unless changed upon recount as provided by law or unless written objection to their conformity with […]
Section 665:7 – Filing Disputes.
665:7 Filing Disputes. – The ballot law commission shall hear and determine disputes arising over whether nomination papers or declarations of candidacy filed with the secretary of state conform with the law. The decision of the ballot law commission in such cases shall be final as to questions both of law and fact, and […]