New Hampshire § 671-26 - Section 671:26 Counting Ballots.
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§ 671-26. Section 671:26 Counting Ballots.
I. The town election officials shall act in like capacity for the school district in conducting the school district election. II. In a hand-count polling place, except as provided in RSA 671:26, IV, after the close of the polls, the town election officials shall turn all school district ballots over to the moderator of the school district, who shall then proceed to count the ballots publicly with the assistance of such legal voters of the district as the moderator of the school district shall appoint, and announce the name of every person voted for, the number of votes for each person, the winner of each office, and the results of each question. III. In polling places which use an electronic ballot counting device for the counting of ballots, except as provided in RSA 671:26, IV, after the close of the polls, the town election officials, as provided in RSA 656:40, shall turn all school district ballots and device results over to the moderator of the school district, who shall then count write-in votes and ballots deposited into the hand-count bin of the electronic ballot counting device publicly with the assistance of such legal voters of the district as the moderator of the school district shall appoint. The moderator of the school district shall then proceed to combine the write-in and hand-count results with the electronic ballot counting device's results and announce the name of every person voted for, the number of votes for each person, the winner of each office, and the results of each question. IV. In the case of cooperative school districts, within 24 hours, the town clerk shall forward to the school district clerk a list of the number of votes received by each candidate for school district office and for each question. The list shall be signed by the town clerk and witnessed by the town moderator. Upon receipt of the list the cooperative school district shall record the results from each town and shall, when the results from all towns within the district have been recorded, announce the name of every person voted for, the number of votes for each person, the winner of each office, and the results of each question.
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