New Hampshire § 659-23 - Section 659:23 Casting Ballots.
Full text of New Hampshire New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated § 659-23 — Section 659:23 Casting Ballots., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 659-23. Section 659:23 Casting Ballots.
I. Before leaving the voting booth or voting privacy screen in a hand-count polling place, 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. In cities and towns where an electronic ballot counting device is used for the counting of ballots, as provided in RSA 656:40, a voter, after leaving the voting booth or voting privacy screen, shall feed their ballot into the electronic ballot counting device or follow the moderator's instruction for casting the ballot before leaving the guardrail. Privacy folders shall be available at the polling place for voters to use when carrying the marked ballot from the voting booth or voting privacy screen to the ballot counting device.
Source: official New Hampshire text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 659-23 ("Section 659:23 Casting Ballots.") 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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