Section 659:1, 659:2 – Repealed by 1988, 10:3, eff. July 1, 1988.
659:1, 659:2 Repealed by 1988, 10:3, eff. July 1, 1988. –
Section 659:10 – Supervisors’ Attendance Required Where Checklist is Used.
659:10 Supervisors’ Attendance Required Where Checklist is Used. – The supervisors shall be present at the opening of each election at which a checklist is to be used and shall have with them the corrected checklist for that election and shall remain in attendance until the close of the election. Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. […]
Section 659:100 – Destruction of Ballots.
659:100 Destruction of Ballots. – All state election ballots remaining in the possession of the town or city clerk may be destroyed in accordance with RSA 33-A:3-a. Source. 1979, 436:1. 1987, 208:1. 2010, 172:21, eff. Aug. 16, 2010.
Section 659:101 – Preservation of Absentee Voting Materials and Election Day Affidavits.
659:101 Preservation of Absentee Voting Materials and Election Day Affidavits. – The absentee ballot affidavits and application forms processed by the moderator as provided in RSA 659:50, the absentee ballots challenged and rejected as provided in RSA 659:51 and RSA 659:53, and the qualified voter affidavits as provided in RSA 654:12 and any other […]
Section 659:102 – Preservation of Checklists.
659:102 Preservation of Checklists. – Within 90 days of the closing of the polls for each regular state general election, and for each presidential primary election, the supervisors of the checklist in the towns, and the corresponding officers in the cities, shall send one of the marked checklists which were used in that election, […]
Section 659:103 – Preservation of Challenge Affidavits.
659:103 Preservation of Challenge Affidavits. – The forms completed by challengers and affidavits made by challenged voters as provided in RSA 659:27 and RSA 659:27-a shall be preserved in accordance with RSA 33-A:3-a. Source. 1979, 436:1. 2010, 172:24. 2011, 185:6, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.
Section 659:104 – Penalties.
[RSA 659:104 effective January 1, 2023.] 659:104 Penalties. – I. Where no other penalty is provided, whoever violates any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty not less than $250 nor more than $1,000. II. The attorney general shall notify persons subject to this section of the state’s intention to […]
Section 659:11 – Conduct of Voting at Additional Polling Places.
659:11 Conduct of Voting at Additional Polling Places. – The voting at each additional polling place shall be conducted as at the central polling place as provided in RSA 658:16. Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.
Section 659:12 – Who Can Vote.
659:12 Who Can Vote. – I. All persons whose names are entered upon the corrected checklist brought by the town or ward clerk to the polling place shall be entitled to vote. II. No person whose name is not upon the checklist shall be allowed to vote, unless, in the opinion of the supervisors […]
Section 659:13 – Obtaining a Ballot.
659:13 Obtaining a Ballot. – I. (a) A person desiring to vote shall, before being admitted to the enclosed space within the guardrail, announce his or her name and address to one of the ballot clerks who shall, if the name is found on the checklist by the ballot clerk, repeat the name and […]
Section 659:13-a – Observing Voter Check-In.
659:13-a Observing Voter Check-In. – No person not authorized by law may stand or sit within 6 feet of the ballot clerk for purposes of observing the check-in of voters without the express permission of the moderator. Source. 2010, 103:1, eff. July 25, 2010.
Section 659:13-b – Affidavit of Religious Exemption.
659:13-b Affidavit of Religious Exemption. – The affidavit of religious exemption shall be in the following form: AFFIDAVIT OF RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION Name: ____________________ Domicile Address: ____________________ Date of birth: _______________ I hereby swear or affirm that because of my religious beliefs, I object to having my photograph taken and that I do not possess […]
Section 659:14 – Special Provisions for State and Presidential Primary Elections.
659:14 Special Provisions for State and Presidential Primary Elections. – I. A person desiring to vote at a state or presidential primary election shall, at the time of announcing the person’s name, also announce the name of the party to which the person belongs or whether the person is registered as an undeclared voter. […]
Section 659:15 – Voter Proceeds to Booth.
659:15 Voter Proceeds to Booth. – On receipt of his ballot, the voter shall forthwith without leaving the space enclosed by the guardrail proceed to one of the voting booths and shall mark his ballot. Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.
Section 659:16 – Number of Voters Allowed Within Guardrail.
659:16 Number of Voters Allowed Within Guardrail. – The number of voters within the guardrail at any one time shall not exceed the number of voting booths at the polling place, provided that the number of voters shall not include election officers or any voter who is engaged in the act of handing his […]
Section 659:17 – Marking the Ballot; Instructions to Voters.
659:17 Marking the Ballot; Instructions to Voters. – The secretary of state shall provide on the top of the general election ballot the following voting instructions. The secretary of state is authorized to replace the phrase "Make the appropriate mark" with an appropriate description and example of the mark to be made for the […]
Section 659:17-a – Appropriate Mark.
659:17-a Appropriate Mark. – For the purposes of this chapter, the term "appropriate mark" shall mean the mark to be used in the proper manner of marking the ballot as stipulated in the instructions to voters. Source. 1994, 324:6, eff. June 8, 1994 at 12:01 a.m.
Section 659:18 – Repealed by by 2004, 201:5, eff. June 11, 2004.
659:18 Repealed by by 2004, 201:5, eff. June 11, 2004. –
Section 659:19 – Voting on Questions.
659:19 Voting on Questions. – A voter shall vote on questions submitted to voters by making an appropriate mark as instructed on the ballot next to the answer he or she desires to give. Source. 1979, 436:1. 2009, 214:8, eff. Sept. 13, 2009.
Section 659:20 – Assistance in Voting.
659:20 Assistance in Voting. – Any voter who declares to the moderator under oath that said voter needs assistance marking his or her ballot shall, upon the voter’s choice and request after the moderator has informed the voter of the accessible voting options that are available at the polling place, receive the assistance of […]