State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > New-hampshire > TITLELXIII > CHAPTER658 > 658-2Each town and ward political committee of the 2 political parties which cast the largest number of votes for governor in the state at the last previous general election is authorized to appoint between September 15 and October 15 of each general election year 2 inspectors of election to act at each polling place. If the number of voters qualified to vote at a polling place shall exceed 2,000, said political committees may each appoint for such polling place one additional inspector for each 1,500 qualified voters or fraction thereof in excess of 2,000. The town and ward political committees may also appoint such additional inspectors, equally divided between said 2 political parties, as the moderator considers necessary for the efficient conduct of the election. On or before October 15, the chairmen of said political committees shall notify the appointees and the town or ward clerk and city clerk concerned as to appointments made under this authority. If any such appointments are not made by said political committees and proper notification thereof given on or before October 15, then the appointments shall be made by the selectmen of the town or ward in equal numbers from said 2 political parties.
Source. 1979, 436:1. 1983, 426:7, eff. Aug. 23, 1983.
