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WHO CAN REGISTER
New Hampshire residents who will be 18 years of age or older on election
day, and a United States Citizen, may register with the town or city clerk where they live
up to 10 days before any election. You may also register on election day at the polling
place. The town clerk's office can inform voters of what proof of qualification they
should bring to register.
There is no minimum period of time you are required to have lived in the state before
being allowed to register. You may register as soon as you move into your new
community.
HOW TO REGISTER
1) Apply to your town or city clerk's office. You will be required to
fill out a standard voter registration form and will be required to show proof
of age, citizenship and domicile.
2) It may be easier for you to register with your community's Supervisors of the
Checklist. By law they are required to meet on the Saturday 10 days prior to each
election. Check the local newspaper(s) or call your clerk's office for the date and
time of such meeting.
3) Qualified individuals may also register to vote at the polling place on election
day at all elections. You will be asked
to show proof of age, citizenship, and domicile.
ABSENTEE REGISTRATION
If you meet the state's voter requirements and qualifications and are unable to register
in person because of physical disability, religious beliefs, military service, or because
of temporary absence, you may register by mail. You should request an absentee
voter registration affidavit and a standard voter registration form from your
town/city clerk. The absentee voter registration affidavit must be witnessed and then
both the affidavit and the voter registration form are to be returned to your town/city
clerk.
COLLEGE STUDENTS
If you are a student attending college in New Hampshire, please click
here for additional information.
OVERSEAS CITIZENS
Any person who is domiciled
outside the United States has the right to register and vote absentee in any
federal
election (President, United States Senator, United States Representative)
in the town or city in New Hampshire in which they had their domicile immediately prior to
their departure from the United States, even though the person no longer
maintains a
domicile in said city or town and even though their intent to return is uncertain.
ARMED SERVICES
An armed service voter may apply for an absentee ballot from the town/city
clerk of the town in which he/she was domiciled immediately prior to entering the
service. Armed service voters are eligible to vote for all offices.
ABSENTEE BALLOTS- Requests for
Absentee ballots are available from your town or city clerk
approximately 30 days prior to
an election. Request the absentee ballot application from the clerk
or you may
download the application; or, if you
wish, you may submit a request in writing which should include all the
information that is required on the application. Don't forget your name,
voting address, mailing address and your signature.
An application for an absentee ballot may be transmitted by
facsimile to a town or city clerk
ABSENTEE BALLOTS- Return of
Clerks may accept completed absentee ballots submitted in person until
5:00 p.m. the day before an election or until 5:00 p.m. on election day if
received through the mail.
An absentee ballot may NOT be transmitted by
facsimile to a town or city clerk
POLITICAL PARTIES
When registering to vote, you will not be required to register as a member
of a political party (republican or democratic) -- you may register as an undeclared
voter. If you are registered as an undeclared voter and go to vote in a
state primary election, you will be required to choose a party when accepting
a ballot. Voters should be aware of
their party status before a primary election. If you voted on a party ballot in the
2006 state primary, or at the 2008 presidential preference primary, you are now a registered member of
that party unless you filled out a card to return to undeclared status
with the supervisors of the checklist.
If you are unsure of your party affiliation, you should contact your town or city
clerk, as they have the records of party membership. Or, if you are a party member and
wish to change your registration status, initiate such a change by taking one of the
following steps:
State Primary
1) Meet with the Supervisors of the Checklist no later than
June 3, 2008 -- the last day to change your political party before
the state primary election, or register the change with your town or city clerk by
that date. This is the last day to register to vote if you wish to file
as a candidate for the state primary election.
2) If you are a registered member of a party, you may change your
registration at any primary, however, you will not be allowed to vote in that
primary. Undeclared voters may declare a party and vote at any
primary. The law allows an undeclared voter to declare a party at the polls, vote
the ballot of that party, and then change their party affiliation back to undeclared
simply by completing the form available from the Supervisors of the Checklist at the
polling place.
VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINES
October
12, 2007
Last day to change your party affiliation prior to the Presidential Primary
Election.
January
8, 2008
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION DAY
- Unregistered voters may register
and vote on this day.
| June 3, 2008 |
Last day to change your party affiliation prior to the
State Primary Election.
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September 2, 2008 |
Last day to register to vote before Primary Election Day.
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September 9, 2008 |
STATE PRIMARY
ELECTION DAY- Unregistered voters may register
and vote on this day.
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October 25, 2008 |
Last day to register to vote until the General Election.
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November 4, 2008 |
GENERAL
ELECTION DAY- Unregistered voters may
register and vote
on this
day. |
Elections Division
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