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Home » US Law » 2022 New Hampshire Revised Statutes » Title LXIII - Elections » Title 656 - Preparation of Voting Materials

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 656:12 – Write-In Blanks.

    656:12 Write-In Blanks. – At the end of the list of candidates for each office, there shall be left as many blank lines as there are offices to be filled which a voter may use to write in the name of any person for whom the voter desires to vote. Source. 1979, 436:1. 1994, […]

Section 656:13 – Questions on the Ballot.

    656:13 Questions on the Ballot. – Except as provided in RSA 656:14, whenever a question is submitted to voters at a state general election as provided in RSA 663, the question shall be printed on the state general election ballot following the offices columns. Printed after the question there shall be 2 squares or […]

Section 656:14 – Constitutional Amendments.

    656:14 Constitutional Amendments. – The question of whether to approve a proposed constitutional amendment may be submitted to the vote of the people at a state general election but may be on a special and separate ballot as provided in RSA 663:2. Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.

Section 656:15 – Paper.

    656:15 Paper. – The state general election ballot shall be printed on plain white paper in weight not less than that of ordinary printing paper. A constitutional question submitted on a separate ballot shall be printed on colored paper. Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.

Section 656:16 – Uniformity; Folding.

    656:16 Uniformity; Folding. – There shall be no impression or mark to distinguish one general election ballot from another. The names of all candidates shall be printed in uniform type, and the ballots for each town and city shall be such that their width and length when folded shall be uniform. Source. 1979, 436:1, […]

Section 656:17 – Endorsement.

    656:17 Endorsement. – On each state general election ballot shall be printed the words "Official ballot for" followed by the name of the town for which the ballot is prepared, the date of the state general election and a facsimile of the signature of the secretary of state. Source. 1979, 436:1. 2010, 317:14, eff. […]

Section 656:18 – Sample Ballots.

    656:18 Sample Ballots. – The secretary of state shall cause to be printed for each town 10 sample ballots. Such ballots shall be printed on tinted paper without facsimile endorsement but shall otherwise be identical to the state general election ballot. The sample ballots shall be forwarded as soon as printed to each town […]

Section 656:19 – Number.

    656:19 Number. – At each state general election, the secretary of state shall furnish each town or city the state general election ballots in a number which the secretary of state shall deem sufficient for voting in the state general election. Source. 1979, 436:1. 1983, 426:4. 2007, 96:1, eff. Aug. 10, 2007.

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 656:20 – Delivery of Ballots; Inspection.

    656:20 Delivery of Ballots; Inspection. – I. The secretary of state shall send the state general election ballots in a sealed package to the town and city clerks so they shall receive them no later than Tuesday immediately preceding the day of the state general election. The package shall be marked on the outside […]

Section 656:21 – Pasters; Substitute Candidates.

    656:21 Pasters; Substitute Candidates. – In the event that a candidate dies or is disqualified as provided in RSA 655:38 or 655:39, the name of the substitute candidate shall be printed on the state general election ballot. If the state general election ballots have already been prepared and time will permit, the secretary of […]

Section 656:22 – Preparation.

    656:22 Preparation. – The official state primary election ballots shall be prepared by the secretary of state and shall be delivered by the secretary of state to town and city clerks so that the ballots shall be received not later than the Tuesday immediately preceding the state primary election. Each town and city clerk, […]

Section 656:23 – General Form.

    656:23 General Form. – The state primary election ballot shall be as nearly as practicable in the same form as the state general election ballot. Source. 1979, 436:1. 1994, 309:8, eff. June 8, 1994; 324:3, eff. June 8, 1994, at 12:01 a.m.

Section 656:24 – Order of Names.

    656:24 Order of Names. – With the exception of the office of state representative, whenever there are 2 or more candidates for nomination to the same office, the names of such candidates shall be alternated on the state primary election ballots used so that each name shall appear thereon as nearly as may be […]

Section 656:25 – Color; Party Designation.

    656:25 Color; Party Designation. – The state primary election ballots of all parties shall be printed upon colored paper, but no ballots of any political party shall be printed upon paper of the same or a closely similar color as the ballots of another political party. On the back of each ballot shall be […]

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 […]