Section 659:49-b Opening Absentee Ballot Return Envelopes. - New Hampshire Statutes

The moderator or the moderator's designee may authorize the opening of absentee ballot return envelopes on election day prior to the time established for processing absentee ballots in RSA 659:49, provided that the opening of the return envelopes occurs in public with notice of the time and place. The affidavit envelope containing the ballot shall not be removed from the return envelope at such time, and the return envelope containing the affidavit envelope shall be secured until it is processed pursuant to RSA 659:50. This section shall not apply to return envelopes previously opened pursuant to RSA 657:21.

Source. 2008, 108:1, eff. July 27, 2008.