Section 657:24 – Misusing Absentee Ballot.
657:24 Misusing Absentee Ballot. – Whoever, prior to the closing of the polls or the time of processing absentee ballots on election day, shall show or exhibit an unsealed absentee ballot to any person or shall use an absentee ballot for any purpose except to vote the same shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; […]
Section 657:25 – Conformity With Federal Legislation.
657:25 Conformity With Federal Legislation. – The secretary of state and all other appropriate officials or boards are hereby authorized to perform all acts which he or they may be authorized to perform by any federal statute affecting voting by those to whom the statute is applicable and to accept any federal funds which […]
Section 657:26 – Absentee Voter Website.
657:26 Absentee Voter Website. – The secretary of state shall make available a public website by which an absentee voter, in every state election, may determine whether the voter’s absentee ballot request has been received by the clerk, whether the absentee ballot has been sent pursuant to such request, whether the envelope purporting to […]
Section 657:21-a – Special Assistance to Emergency Services Worker.
657:21-a Special Assistance to Emergency Services Worker. – I. If an emergency services worker receives notice after noon on the Friday before any state election that he or she is being called into service under circumstances that will prevent that person from obtaining an absentee ballot before leaving and from voting in person at […]
Section 657:22 – Cutoff.
657:22 Cutoff. – In any state election, a town or city clerk shall not accept any completed absentee ballots delivered to the clerk after 5:00 p.m. on election day except as provided in RSA 657:21-a, V and RSA 659:20-a. The clerk shall record absentee ballots received after such time in the statewide centralized voter […]
Section 657:23 – Delivery to Moderator.
657:23 Delivery to Moderator. – Upon election day, prior to the closing of the polls or the time set for processing absentee ballots in accordance with RSA 659:49, the clerk shall deliver all such envelopes, the applications therefor received by him or her, and the list of absentee voter applicants compiled pursuant to RSA […]
Section 657:17 – Procedure by Voter.
657:17 Procedure by Voter. – I. After marking the ballot, the voter or the person assisting a blind voter or voter with a disability who is unable to mark his or her ballot shall enclose and seal the same in an inner envelope. The voter shall execute the affidavit on the envelope. A person […]
Section 657:17-a – Verification of In-Person Absentee Voter.
657:17-a Verification of In-Person Absentee Voter. – I. An absentee voter who returns his or her completed absentee ballot to the clerk’s office in person shall be treated as a verified voter provided: (a) The voter voluntarily shows the clerk a photo identification that meets the requirements of RSA 659:13; or (b) The voter […]
Section 657:18 – Procedure by Clerk.
657:18 Procedure by Clerk. – Upon receipt of an outer envelope purporting to contain an official absentee voting ballot, the clerk of the city or town shall, subject to RSA 657:16, attach thereto the application for an absentee ballot submitted by said voter and record the information pursuant to RSA 657:15. All such envelopes […]
Section 657:18-a – Repealed by 2020, 14:13, II, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.
657:18-a Repealed by 2020, 14:13, II, eff. Jan. 1, 2021. –