652:1 Election. – "Election" shall mean the choosing of a public officer or of a delegate to a party convention or the nominating of a candidate for public office by voters by means of a direct vote conducted under the election laws. The term does not include caucuses or conventions. The types of elections […]
652:10 Village District Election. – "Village district election" shall mean an election to choose a village district officer. Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.
652:11 Party. – "Party" shall mean any political organization which at the preceding state general election received at least 4 percent of the total number of votes cast for any one of the following: the office of governor or the offices of United States senators. Source. 1979, 436:1. 1997, 253:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.
652:12 Vacancy. – A "vacancy" shall occur in a public office if, subsequent to his or her election and prior to the completion of his or her term, the person elected to that office: I. Either dies, resigns, or ceases to have domicile in the state or the district from which he or she […]
652:13 Federal Election. – " Federal election " shall mean any state general, special, or primary election held solely or in part for the purpose of choosing or nominating any candidates for the offices of president, vice-president, United States senator, or United States representative. For federal ballot only voters domiciled outside the United States […]
652:14 Election Officer. – " Election officer " shall mean any moderator, deputy moderator, assistant moderator, town clerk, deputy town clerk, city clerk, deputy city clerk, ward clerk, selectman, supervisor of the checklist, registrar, or deputy registrar. Source. 1979, 436:1. 2003, 289:48, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
652:14-a Repealed by 2021, 177:2, Pt. I, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 28, 2021. –
652:15 Supervisors of the Checklist. – The term "supervisors of the checklist" shall include any board of registrars or similar body performing the functions of registering voters and correcting the checklist in cities. Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.
652:16 Town. – The term "town" shall include wards in cities. Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.
652:16-a Undeclared Voter. – The term "undeclared voter" shall mean a voter who is registered as a member of no political party. Source. 1993, 193:1, eff. Aug. 8, 1993.
652:16-b UOCAVA Voters. – " UOCAVA voters " shall mean absent uniformed services voters, absent voters temporarily residing outside the United States, and federal ballot only voters domiciled outside the United States as described in RSA 654:3. Source. 2010, 317:3, eff. July 18, 2010.
652:16-c Absent Uniformed Services Voters. – " Absent uniformed services voters " shall mean persons who are absent from the places of residence in New Hampshire where they are otherwise qualified to vote who are: I. Members of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and National Guard, the commissioned […]
652:16-d Accessible Voting System. – " Accessible voting system " shall mean the system chosen by the state to meet the accessibility for individuals with disabilities requirements of section 301 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, 42 U.S.C. section 15481, that has the capacity to print a paper ballot marked with the […]
652:16-e Business Session. – " Business session " means, in a town that has not adopted the provisions of RSA 40:13, the session of a town meeting at which voters discuss, deliberate, and vote on matters other than the election of officers by official ballot and other questions that are placed on the official […]
652:16-f Deliberative Session. – " Deliberative session " means the first session of a meeting in a town that has adopted the provisions of RSA 40:13. Source. 2019, 192:4, eff. July 10, 2019.
652:16-g Official Ballot Voting Day. – " Official ballot voting day " means the day on which voters in a town vote on the election of officers or other questions authorized by law to be voted on by official ballot, or both, in compliance with the procedures for elections for the partisan official ballot […]
652:16-h Electioneering. – Electioneering means visibly displaying or audibly disseminating information that a reasonable person would believe explicitly advocates for or against any candidate, political party, or measure being voted. Electioneering includes, but is not limited to: I. Wearing clothing or paraphernalia that displays a candidate’s name, likeness, or logo, a ballot measure’s number, […]
652:17 Uniform System. – For the purposes of the election laws, a uniform system of computation of time shall be maintained. Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.
652:18 Days Included and Excluded. – I. Except where specifically stated to the contrary, when a period or limit of time is to be reckoned from a day or date, that day or date shall be excluded from and the day on which an act should occur shall be included in the computation of […]
652:19 Repealed by 1994, 348:3, eff. July 1, 1994. –
