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RSA 654:25 · Preparing Checklist

Title
LXIII: ELECTIONS
Chapter
654 · VOTERS AND CHECKLISTS
Status
current
Official source linked
Yes
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654:25 Preparing Checklist. – The secretary of state shall issue and distribute guidelines for the content, composition, and style of checklists and for the maintenance of data related to checklists by which the supervisors of the checklist shall compile and correct the checklist. Such guidelines shall specify the information which will be maintained and updated by the supervisors. The secretary shall establish standard forms and procedures for the use of the supervisors for the maintenance of such information. The information to be maintained and updated shall include the full name, domicile address, mailing address, and party affiliation, if any, of each voter on the checklist and such other information as the secretary requires. Every checklist used at any election shall at a minimum contain the full name, domicile address, mailing address, and party affiliation, if any, of each voter on the checklist. The paper checklists used by ballot clerks on election day need not include mailing addresses. The name and address of a voter shall not appear on the checklist at the request of the voter if the voter presents to the supervisors of the checklist a valid protective order pursuant to RSA 173-B. The name, domicile address, and mailing address, if different, of such a voter shall be maintained on a separate list of voters, which shall be nonpublic and not subject to RSA 91-A. If it is necessary to establish such a nonpublic list, the public checklist shall be marked at the end with a notation of the number of voters whose names are maintained on the nonpublic list. Source. 1979, 436:1. 1983, 429:1. 1987, 337:2. 1990, 119:2. 1991, 245:1. 1999, 240:6. 2003, 13:1. 2004, 229:4. 2010, 366:1, eff. July 23, 2010. 2018, 100:1, eff. July 24, 2018.

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Source. 1979, 436:1. 1983, 429:1. 1987, 337:2. 1990, 119:2. 1991, 245:1. 1999, 240:6. 2003, 13:1. 2004, 229:4. 2010, 366:1, eff. July 23, 2010. 2018, 100:1, eff. July 24, 2018.

Source history

  • 1979, 436:1
  • 1983, 429:1
  • 1987, 337:2
  • 1990, 119:2
  • 1991, 245:1
  • 1999, 240:6
  • 2003, 13:1
  • 2004, 229:4
  • 2010, 366:1, eff. July 23, 2010
  • 2018, 100:1, eff. July 24, 2018

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  • 2026 HB1678 amend

    direct voter registration. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: 1 New Section; Direct and Online Voter Registration. Amend RSA 654 by inserting after section 7-c the following new section: 654:7-d Direct and Online Voter Registration. I. Beginning January 1, 2026, any person qualified to register to vote under RSA 654:1 may submit a completed vot

  • 2026 HB1678-FN amend

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  • 2026 HB1678-FN add

    ll forward all such registration materials to the appropriate town or city clerk based on the applicant’s domicile for processing and inclusion on the checklist in accordance with RSA 654:25. II. By January 1, 2028, the secretary of state shall establish and maintain a secure online portal through which qualified individuals may submit voter registration forms and supporting documentation electronically. Th

  • 2026 HB748 reference

    n any question specified in such application. The checklist for an annual or special school district meeting shall be corrected by the supervisors of the checklist as provided in RSA 654:25-31. Those persons qualified to vote whose names are on the corrected checklist shall be entitled to vote at the meeting. The same checklist used at a recessed school district meeting shall be used at any reconvened sessio

  • 2026 HB748-FN reference

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  • 2025 HB228 reference

    en shall warn a special meeting to act upon any question specified in such application. The checklist for an annual or special town meeting shall be corrected by the supervisors of the checklist as provided in RSA 654:25-31. Those persons qualified to vote whose names are on the corrected checklist shall be entitled to vote at the meeting. The same checklist used at a recessed town meeting shall be used at any reconvened session

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