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Section 656:9 – Party Designation.

    656:9 Party Designation. – Above each party column shall be printed in large, plain letters the name of the political party by which the candidates in such column were nominated. Source. 1979, 436:1. 1994, 309:4; 381:8. 2004, 201:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.

Section 656:1 – General Responsibility.

    656:1 General Responsibility. – Ballots for use in all state elections shall be prepared and delivered by the secretary of state at the expense of the state. Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.

Section 656:1-a – Paper Ballots.

    656:1-a Paper Ballots. – For purposes of facilitating the examination and recounting of votes cast, all elections shall be conducted using paper ballots in accordance with this title. Source. 2006, 23:1, eff. May 30, 2006.

Section 656:2 – Prohibitions.

    656:2 Prohibitions. – No person engaged in preparing or printing a state election ballot shall purloin, give away, or allow to be removed any such ballot. Whoever knowingly violates this provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person or shall be guilty of a felony if any other person. Source. 1979, […]

Section 656:3 – Preparation.

    656:3 Preparation. – At least 6 days before any state general election is to be held, the official state general election ballot shall be sent by the secretary of state to the city and town clerks. Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.

Section 656:4 – Name and Domicile.

    656:4 Name and Domicile. – Every state general election ballot shall contain the name of each candidate who has been nominated in accordance with the election laws, except as hereinafter provided, and shall contain no other name except party appellations. The names and addresses of the presidential electors shall not be printed on the […]

Section 656:5 – Party Columns.

    656:5 Party Columns. – I. The names of all candidates nominated in accordance with the election laws shall be arranged upon the state general election ballot in successive party columns. Each separate column shall contain the names of the candidates of one party; except that, if only a part of a full list of […]

Section 656:5-a – Order of Candidate Names on Ballots.

    656:5-a Order of Candidate Names on Ballots. – I. Whenever there are 2 or more candidates for the same office whose names will appear together within the same column or list on a ballot, the position of such names shall be determined according to this section. II. Immediately following the close of the period […]