New Hampshire § 197-6 - Section 197:6 Warrant and Articles.

Full text of New Hampshire New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated § 197-6 — Section 197:6 Warrant and Articles., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 197-6. Section 197:6 Warrant and Articles.

Upon the written application of 25 or more voters or 2 percent of the voters of the school district, whichever is less, although in no event shall fewer than 10 registered voters be sufficient, presented to the school board or one of them not later than 30 days before the date prescribed for the school district meeting or the second Tuesday in March, whichever is earlier, the school board shall insert in the school district warrant for such meeting the petitioned article with only such minor textual changes as may be required. No article may be inserted after posting of said warrant. Corrections to petitioned warrant articles shall not in any way change the intended effect of the article as presented in the original petition. The right to have an article inserted in the warrant conferred by this section shall not be invalidated by the provisions of RSA 32. The written application for a petitioned article for an annual meeting may identify one of the registered voters in the application as the primary petitioner. If no primary petitioner is identified, the primary petitioner shall be the first registered voter listed on the written application.

Source: official New Hampshire text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 197-6 ("Section 197:6 Warrant and Articles.") is part of the New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Hampshire. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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