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Section 669:23 – Preparation of Voting Materials.

    669:23 Preparation of Voting Materials. – The town clerk shall prepare the official ballots for the town and shall arrange the names of candidates upon said ballots in parallel columns. Immediately above the names of each block of candidates shall be printed the title of the office for which they are candidates, such as […]

Section 669:24 – Paper, Uniformity, Endorsement.

    669:24 Paper, Uniformity, Endorsement. – The ballots shall be printed on plain white paper, in weight not less than that of ordinary printing paper; provided, however, that if more than one ballot is used during any town election, each ballot shall be of a different color than any other ballot used at the election. […]

Section 669:15 – Officers Who Shall be Elected; Election by Ballot.

    669:15 Officers Who Shall be Elected; Election by Ballot. – The town officers specified in this section shall be elected at a town election by the voters of the town, and the election of such officers shall be by ballot as specified by the RSA section indicated: I. Selectmen (RSA 41:8 through 8-e). II. […]

Section 669:16 – Optional Officers to be Elected by Ballot: Interim Officers.

    669:16 Optional Officers to be Elected by Ballot: Interim Officers. – The town offices specified in this section shall, if established by a town, be filled by an election by ballot. Such an officer may not be elected by official ballot until the annual town election first following the establishment of the office. However, […]

Section 669:17-a – Filing Candidacy.

    669:17-a Filing Candidacy. – No person shall file as a candidate for a town officer under the provisions of RSA 669:19 or RSA 669:42 for more than one seat on the same town or school district board, commission, committee, or council. Source. 1992, 96:5. 2008, 148:1, eff. Aug. 5, 2008.

Section 669:9 – Oaths of Town Officers.

    669:9 Oaths of Town Officers. – All town officers elected as provided in this chapter shall take an oath of office as provided in RSA 42 before qualifying for office. Source. 1979, 410:1, eff. July 1, 1979.

Section 669:10 – Term of Office.

    669:10 Term of Office. – I. Except as otherwise provided, the term of office of any officer elected under this chapter shall begin upon his election and qualification for office and shall end upon the election and qualification of his successor. II. No person shall assume a town office until after the time period […]

Section 669:11 – Unofficial Ballot System.

    669:11 Unofficial Ballot System. – If a town has not voted at a previous town meeting to adopt an official ballot system as provided in RSA 669:12 or 669:13 or if a town has voted to rescind such adoption, such town shall elect its officers by means of the unofficial ballot system as provided […]

Section 669:12 – Partisan Official Ballot System.

    669:12 Partisan Official Ballot System. – Any town may vote to adopt the partisan official ballot system for election of town officers under an article in the warrant for any town meeting, and may rescind such action in like manner. The partisan ballot system shall not be in effect until the town election first […]