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RSA 659:20-a · Assistance in Voting; Disabled Voter

Title: LXIII: ELECTIONS
Chapter: 659 · ELECTION PROCEDURE
Status: current
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659:20-a Assistance in Voting; Disabled Voter. – Any voter, after appearing at the polling place location prior to the closing of the polls to vote in person, who declares to the moderator under oath that said voter is unable to access a polling place due to disability shall, upon the voter's request, have the required documents delivered to the voter outside the guardrail by the town or ward clerk or one of his or her assistants. The absentee ballot delivered by the town or ward clerk shall be processed using the same procedures as any other absentee ballot except that the cutoff time listed in RSA 657:22 shall not apply. Source. 2016, 88:1, eff. July 18, 2016. 2017, 196:2, eff. Sept. 3, 2017.

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Source. 2016, 88:1, eff. July 18, 2016. 2017, 196:2, eff. Sept. 3, 2017.

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2016, 88:1, eff. July 18, 2016
2017, 196:2, eff. Sept. 3, 2017

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