Reminder New Hampshire Town Meeting Voters: You Can Cast A Storm Absentee Ballot

CONCORD, NH — State officials are reminding residents in communities with Town Meeting elections on Tuesday that the winter storm warning allows voters to cast absentee ballots.

State law allows for absentee ballots if voters live in a town or city under a National Weather Service winter storm warning. Nearly the entire state is under a storm warning, with as much as 12 to 24 inches of snow expected.

Voters can stop by their town clerks’ offices and request an absentee ballot and physically return it by 5 p.m. on Monday. It can also be mailed but must be postmarked by 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Counties under NWS Winter Storm Watch as of 3:30 a.m. on March 13: Cheshire; Merrimack; Sullivan; Western And Central Hillsborough; Coastal Rockingham; Eastern Hillsborough; Interior Rockingham; Strafford; Belknap; Southern Carroll; Northern Carroll; Northern Grafton; Southern Grafton.

Voters can find their local town clerk’s contact information using the state's Voter Information Lookup tool at https://app.sos.nh.gov/viphome.

The New Hampshire Secretary of State’s Office said voters should continue to monitor updates issued by the National Weather Service and their local election officials.

The state will publish and regularly update a list of towns that have postponed their municipal elections due to weather warnings issued by the National Weather Service online at sos.nh.gov/.

Towns postponing elections as of 4:45 p.m. on March 13: Acworth, Alstead, Alton, Amherst, Andover, Antrim, Barrington, Bedford, Bennington, Bow, Bradford, Brookline, Charlestown, Chester, Chesterfield, Conval School District, Conway Village Fire District, Deerfield, Deering, Durham, Effingham, Farmington, Francestown, Gilford, Gilmanton, Goffstown, Grantham, Greenfield, Greenville, Hancock, Harrisville, Hart's Location, Hillsborough, Hollis, Hooksett, Hopkinton, Hudson, Jaffrey, Keene School District, Langdon, Lee, Lempster, Lyme, Lyndeborough, Madbury, Marlborough, Marlow, Mason, Milford, Milton, Mont Vernon, Nelson, Newbury, New Boston, New Ipswich, New London, Northwood, Nottingham, Plaistow, Raymond, Rindge, Salisbury, Sharon, South Hampton, Springfield, Sullivan, Sutton, Tamworth, Temple, Wakefield, Walpole, Warner, Washington, Westmoreland, Wilmot, Wilton, Winchester, Windsor

Voters cannot cast absentee ballots if their community postpones the election due to the weather.

For more information, contact your town clerk’s office.

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