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Voting & Registering to Vote


TO VIEW May 11th, 2021 BALLOT RESULTS click here

To exercise your right to vote, New Hampshire citizens who are at least 18 years of age must demonstrate proof of residency and citizenship to register with the Town Clerk, or with the Supervisors of the Checklist on Election Day, or at the posted Supervisor’s meetings. Come in to the Town Clerk's office and fill out a NH Voter Registration Form. Please be sure to bring along your ID (i.e. driver’s license) and your birth certificate or US passport to prove citizenship. If you are a naturalized citizen, you will need to provide the name and address (city, state) of the court where you were naturalized, and the date of naturalization. 

In New Hampshire, no one is permitted to register to vote after ten (10) days prior to an election. This allows the Supervisors of the Checklist time to update and print the Voter Checklist that will be used at the polls on Election Day. However, you may register to vote at the polls on Election Day. 

Not sure if you are registered to vote or what party you are registered? Check it out at the State of NH Voter Information Lookup: http://app.sos.nh.gov.
 


Important:  Please use appropriate absentee ballot request form for the election you will be voting absentee. Click the 'ABSENTEE BALLOTS' headline above for ballot request documents.

Eligibility Requirements

Chapter 657

657:1    Absence, Religious Observance, and Disability Absentee Voting. Any person who is absent on the day of any state election from the city, town, or unincorporated place in which he or she is registered to vote; or who cannot appear in public on any election day because of his or her observance of a religious commitment; or who is unable to vote there in person by reason of physical disability may vote at such elections as provided in this chapter. A person who is unable to appear at any time during polling hours at his or her polling place because an employment obligation requires the person to remain physically at work or to be in transit to or from work from the time the polls open until after the time the polls close shall be considered absent for purposes of this chapter.

Voter Information Look-up

You can determine if you are registered to vote here in NH and what party you are registered under. Please go to: http://app.sos.nh.gov

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