2015 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title LXIII - ELECTIONS
Chapter 659 - ELECTION PROCEDURE
Section 659:23 - Folding and Depositing Ballot.

NH Rev Stat § 659:23 (2015) What's This?

    659:23 Folding and Depositing Ballot. –
    I. Before leaving the voting booth, the voter shall fold his ballot in the same way it was folded when received by him and shall keep it folded so that the marks on it cannot be seen. He shall then proceed to the checkout table and shall announce his name to the town clerk who shall repeat the name and place a mark beside it on his checklist. The voter shall then present his ballot with the official endorsement uppermost to the moderator who shall then deposit the ballot in the ballot box.
    II. The provisions of paragraph I shall not apply in cities and towns which use one or more electronic ballot counting devices for the counting of ballots, as provided in RSA 656:40.

Source. 1979, 436:1. 1989, 71:1, eff. June 18, 1989. 2009, 70:5, eff. Aug. 8, 2009.


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