Section 656:40 – Adoption.
656:40 Adoption. – The mayor and aldermen of any city or the selectmen of any town, subject to the approval of the ballot law commission, may authorize the use of one or more electronic ballot counting devices for the counting of ballots in such city or town on a trial basis for any regular […]
Section 656:41 – Approval by Ballot Law Commission.
656:41 Approval by Ballot Law Commission. – The ballot law commission shall act as a board to examine devices for the electronic counting of ballots. The commission shall, whenever requested, examine any device which may be capable of meeting the requirements for elections held in this state and shall, at least every 5 years, […]
Section 656:26 – Number.
656:26 Number. – The secretary of state shall furnish to each town or ward clerk the state primary election ballots of each political party in a number which the secretary of state shall deem sufficient for voting in the state primary. Source. 1979, 436:1. 1983, 426:5. 1989, 133:1. 1994, 4:13. 1996, 88:4, eff. July […]
Section 656:27 – Number for New Party.
656:27 Number for New Party. – For the first state primary election at which a political party has candidates for nomination, the secretary of state shall print for said party a sufficient number of state primary election ballots which in the secretary of state’s discretion shall most closely approximate the figures provided in RSA […]
Section 656:28 – Sample Ballots.
656:28 Sample Ballots. – The secretary of state shall furnish 10 sample state primary election ballots of each political party printed on tinted paper to each town or ward clerk and, upon request, a reasonable number of such sample ballots to each person whose name appears upon the ballot as a candidate. Each town […]
Section 656:29 – Preparation.
656:29 Preparation. – The official presidential primary election ballot for each political party shall be sent by the secretary of state so as to be received by the city and town clerks no later than the Tuesday immediately preceding the presidential primary. Each town and city clerk, in the presence of at least one […]
Section 656:30 – General Form.
656:30 General Form. – The presidential primary election ballot shall be as nearly as practicable in the same form as the state primary election ballot. Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.
Section 656:31 – Form.
656:31 Form. – On the presidential primary election ballot of each political party, there shall be one column for the office of president. The column shall be headed "Candidate of the (insert name of party) Party for President of the United States." Underneath this heading there shall appear the words: "I hereby declare my […]
Section 656:32 – Other Provisions.
656:32 Other Provisions. – The provisions of RSA 656:24-656:28 relating to state primary election ballots shall apply to presidential primary ballots. Source. 1979, 436:1. 2003, 319:143. 2015, 96:1, eff. July 5, 2015.
Section 656:33 – Official Absence, Religious Observance, and Disability Absentee Ballots.
656:33 Official Absence, Religious Observance, and Disability Absentee Ballots. – Prior to any state election, the secretary of state shall prepare, in such quantity as the secretary of state may deem necessary, absence, religious observance, and disability absentee ballots in the same form as nearly as practicable as the official ballot to be used […]