N.H. Admin. Code § Pub 303.08 - Challenges; Objections to Conduct at Polling Area(s)
(a) Any prospective voter may be
challenged for ineligibility before voting. No voter may be
challenged for ineligibility after voting. A prospective voter
challenged for ineligibility shall be permitted to vote, but that
person's vote shall be sealed by the voter in an unmarked envelope,
which shall be placed in another envelope marked with the name of the
voter, the name and affiliation of the challenger, and the reasons
for the challenge. The marked envelope shall be delivered to the
representative of the board, who shall deliver it to the
board.
(b) Challenges may
also be made for the miscounting of votes for such reasons as, but
not limited to, arithmetic error, mismarking, or damaged illegible
ballot. The board shall determine if the validity of any challenged
votes is sufficient to affect the results of the election or whether
one party will prevail without the challenged ballot. If more than
one voter is challenged for cause, the board shall maintain the
confidentiality of the votes cast as is not possible if one
challenged ballot will decide the election.
(c) Objections to conduct at a
polling area that might affect the outcome of the election shall be
filed with the representative of the board before the ballots have
been counted.
(d)
Challenges and objections may be withdrawn at any time by the party
making them.
Notes
#2325, eff 3-28-83; ss by #3019, eff 5-14-85; EXPIRED: 5-14-91
New. #5679, eff 8-4-93, EXPIRED: 8-4-99
New. #7093, INTERIM, eff 9-9-99, EXPIRES: 1-7-00; ss by #7187, eff 1-8-00, EXPIRED: 1-8-08
New. #9114, INTERIM, eff 3-27-08, EXPIRED: 9-23-08
New. #9441-B, eff 3-27-09
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.
No prior version found.