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 […]
Section 665:8 – Appeals From Recounts.
665:8 Appeals From Recounts. – The ballot law commission shall hear and determine appeals from recounts in the following cases: I. In case of a primary recount as provided in RSA 660:7-9-a, any person voted for upon the ballot of any party who, by declaration of the secretary of state upon recount, was not […]
Section 664:17 – Placement and Removal of Political Advertising.
664:17 Placement and Removal of Political Advertising. – No political advertising shall be placed on or affixed to any public property including highway rights-of-way or private property without the owner’s consent. All political advertising shall be removed by the candidate no later than the second Friday following the election unless the election is a […]
Section 664:17-a – Advertising on Government and Law Enforcement Vehicles.
664:17-a Advertising on Government and Law Enforcement Vehicles. – No printed or written political advertising shall be attached to or displayed on any motor vehicle: I. Which is used by a police officer authorized to make arrests or serve process; or II. Which displays government license plates and is registered in the name of […]
Section 664:18 – Complaints.
664:18 Complaints. – Any candidate or voter may make complaint in writing to the attorney general of any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter. I. Upon receipt of such complaint, the attorney general or his designee shall review the complaint, and where sufficient evidence of a violation is presented, conduct investigations […]
Section 664:19 – Examination of Statements of Receipts and Expenditures.
664:19 Examination of Statements of Receipts and Expenditures. – It shall be the duty of the attorney general to examine the returns of election receipts and expenditures which are made to the secretary of state and to compel such returns be made to comply with the law. Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.
Section 664:20 – Subpoena Power.
664:20 Subpoena Power. – In the exercise of his powers and duties under this chapter, the attorney general is authorized to require the appearance of individuals and to secure testimony and evidence by use of a subpoena duces tecum. Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.