Section Pub 303.14 - Mail Balloting Elections(a) The board shall conduct mail balloting elections in circumstances when on-site balloting is impracticable because:(1) Eligible voters are so dispersed across the state that they do not associate or converse with each other; and(2) There are a multitude of work-sites or there are no central work-sites.(b) In the event mail ballots are used in the election, the notice of election provided in Pub 303.04 shall so state, and said notice shall also indicate the date the ballots shall be mailed or distributed to the prospective voters and the latest date on which the completed ballots shall be received at the offices of the board for purposes of being counted.(c) The format of mail ballots shall be the same as provided in Pub 303.06 unless: (1) The parties agree to a changed format; and(2) The board or its executive director approves the changed format.(d) Mail ballots shall be returned to the board in 2 envelopes as follows: (1) The first and smaller envelope shall contain the voted ballot and will be marked or designated "Ballot Envelope";(2) The second and larger envelope shall be marked "Mail Envelope" in which the ballot envelope is placed and mailed to the board; and(3) The mail envelope shall be pre-addressed and postage paid and shall have a return address which identifies the voter by name and address.(e) Voter failure to comply with the identity requirements on the mail envelope or destruction of any identifying mark thereon shall disqualify the ballot contained therein from being counted.(f) When the mail ballot envelopes are received at the offices of the board, they shall be identified and segregated according to the bargaining unit involved. At the time designated for counting the ballots, each mail envelope shall be authenticated by comparison with the list of eligible voters, and the ballot envelope shall be removed from the mail envelope and deposited in a suitable container along with other ballot envelopes from the same election in order to preserve the anonymity of the voter. Thereafter, all ballot envelopes shall then be opened, the ballots removed and counted at random, and the results recorded as provided in Pub 303.07.(g) All challenges to mail ballots which are based on or concern the identity of the voter or voter eligibility, and which are made pursuant to Pub 303.08, shall be raised prior to the removal of the ballot envelope from the mail envelope.N.H. Admin. Code § Pub 303.14
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Amended by Volume XXXVII Number 41, Filed October 12, 2017, Proposed by #12378-B, Effective 9/13/2017, Expires 9/13/2027.