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This page is an overview of the 2022 New Hampshire elections, including the offices on the ballot covered by Ballotpedia, election dates, and frequently asked questions.

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Offices on the ballot

Ballot dates

New Hampshire ballot dates, 2022

Statewide election dates in New Hampshire are listed beneath. For more than dates, please run into the elections calendar.

Statewide election dates

September 13, 2022: Main
November eight, 2022: General election

Polling hours: Varies

Local election dates

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Frequently asked questions

When are the polls open?


Encounter Country Poll Opening and Endmost Times (2022) for more information

Where can I notice election results?

Ballot results are posted on Ballotpedia's election overview pages, also as the relevant candidate pages. You can find links to the current ballot overview pages in the "Offices on the election" section of this page.

How do primaries work in New Hampshire?

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the full general election. They are also used to cull convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. New Hampshire uses a semi-airtight principal system. Unaffiliated voters may vote in the main, only in order to do so, they have to cull a party before voting. This changes their status from unaffiliated to affiliated with that party unless they fill out a card to return to undeclared condition.[1] [2] [three] [four]

For data virtually which offices are nominated via master ballot, come across this article.

How exercise I register to vote?

To register to vote in New Hampshire, each applicant must be a citizen of the United states of america, an inhabitant of New Hampshire, and at to the lowest degree 18 years old by the next election. Individuals may register to vote at the local clerk's office, with the community's supervisors of the checklist or registrar of voters, or at the polling identify on the twenty-four hour period of the election. Applicants must fill out a voter registration class and either show proof of identity and citizenship or sign an affidavit witnessed by an election official.[5] [half-dozen] Absentee registration is allowed for those who are "unable to register in person because of physical disability, religious behavior, military service, or because of temporary absence." Absentee registration requires mailing a voter registration grade and witnessed absentee voter registration affidavit to the local clerk.[v]


Is there an early voting menstruum?

Encounter also: Early voting

New Hampshire does not allow early voting.

Who is eligible for absentee voting?

See also: Absentee/mail-in voting

The table beneath displays absentee voting information specific to New Hampshire's 2022 primary election.

A voter is eligible to vote absentee in an election if he or she cannot make information technology to the polls on Ballot Twenty-four hours for one of the post-obit reasons:[seven]

  • The voter will be absent from his or her polling location on the twenty-four hours of the ballot.
  • The voter is unable to visit the polls considering of the observance of a religious commitment.
  • The voter is unable to visit the polls considering of a physical disability.
  • The voter is unable to visit the polls considering of an employment obligation.
  • The voter is unable to visit the polls due to military service.

At that place is no specific deadline to employ for an absentee ballot. The completed ballot must be returned either in person by 5:00 p.m. the twenty-four hour period before the ballot or by postal service. If returned by mail, the ballot must exist received by 5:00 p.m. on Election Twenty-four hour period.[seven]


What are the voter ID laws in New Hampshire?

See Voter identification laws by state.

How do I file to run for office?

See Election access requirements for political candidates in New Hampshire for information on how to run for land or federal office.

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Redistricting following the 2020 census

This department lists major events in the postal service-2020 census redistricting cycle in contrary chronological society. Major events include the release of circulation data, the release of census population data, the introduction of formal map proposals, the enactment of new maps, and noteworthy court challenges. Click the dates beneath for additional data.

  • May 31, 2022: The New Hampshire Supreme Court enacted a new congressional map.
  • May 27, 2022: The New Hampshire Supreme Court released a congressional map drawn past a redistricting special master.
  • May 26, 2022: The New Hampshire House of Representatives and New Hampshire State Senate voted to approve a final version of the new congressional map. Gov. Chris Sununu (R) said he planned to veto the map.
  • May half dozen, 2022: Gov. Chris Sununu (R) signed the state senate map into law.
  • May 5, 2022: The New Hampshire House of Representatives voted to approve a new congressional map.
  • Apr 21, 2022: The New Hampshire House of Representatives voted to corroborate a new state senate map.
  • April eleven, 2022: The New Hampshire Supreme Court announced it would presume jurisdiction over the congressional redistricting process if the governor and state legislature were unable to draw a new congressional map. The activity was in response to a lawsuit (Norelli 5. Scanlon).
  • March 23, 2022: Gov. Chris Sununu (R) signed the state business firm map into police force.
  • March 17, 2022: The New Hampshire Country Senate voted to approve a new congressional map.
  • February sixteen, 2022: The New Hampshire Land Senate voted to approve new state legislative maps.
  • January 5, 2022: The New Hampshire House of Representatives approved congressional and land House map bills. The New Hampshire State Senate introduced state Senate redistricting bills.
  • Nov ii, 2021: The House Redistricting Committee released congressional map proposals.
  • September xvi, 2021: The U.S. Census Agency released data from the 2020 census in an easier-to-apply format to land redistricting regime and the public.
  • August 12, 2021: The U.S. Census Bureau delivered redistricting data to states in a legacy format.
  • April 26, 2021: The U.S. Demography Bureau delivered circulation counts.

Footnotes

  1. NCSL,"State Primary Election Types," accessed Oct 25, 2019
  2. FairVote,"Primaries," accessed Oct 25, 2019
  3. Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through January 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various state websites and codes.
  4. William Yard. Gardner Secretarial assistant of Country,"Voting in Party Primaries," accessed Oct 25, 2019
  5. five.0 5.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "How to Register to Vote," accessed October 3, 2019
  6. New Hampshire Secretary of Country, "Registering to Vote in New Hampshire," Nov vii, 2018
  7. 7.0 seven.1 New Hampshire Secretary of Land, "2018 Mail Principal or Full general Absentee Election Instructions," accessed October 27, 2019