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New Hampshire Attorney General's Office
Polling Place Checklist
2008 Presidential Primary
City/Town:________________________________________________________
Facility (Town Hall, School, etc.):______________________________________
January 8, 2008 Time:__________AM/PM
Inspector: _________________________________________________________
Moderator's Name (person serving when inspected may be pro-tem/assistant):
__________________________________________________________________
Number of Registered Voters (from SOS list):_______ = Booths required:_______
Requirement What to Look For Yes No
Exterior
Accessible: Is there at least one accessible van parking space
Parking marked with a proper sign? RSA 658:9-a, I.
Is the route from the parking area to the entry
door to the polling place easily accessible (clear
Route from snow/ice, no excessive grade/curbing,
useable by a person in a wheelchair)? RSA
658:9-a
Does the route from the parking area to the entry
door include a ramp? RSA 658:9-a, IV.
Ramp
Is the ramp free from snow/ice?
Does the ramp have proper handrails?
Is the accessible entrance different from the main
Accessible entrance?
Entrance If, yes: Are there signs directing voters to
the accessible entrance? RSA 658:9-a
No Is there a zone at least 10 feet wide extending
Electioneering from the entrance(s) to the polling place where
Zone electioneering is prohibited? RSA 659:43
Are unattended campaign signs present on the
property of the polling place, outside the no-
Exterior electioneering zone? RSA 664:17 (prohibits
Campaign Signs affixing signs to public property some
moderators create electioneering zones where
signs may be left unattended)
Is an American flag on display outside the polling
Flag
place? RSA 658:9 (required weather permitting)
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Interior
Identify yourself to the Moderator before completing inspection
Voter Instruction Card: 3 copies outside the
guardrail, one of which is at 48" = accessible to a
person in a wheelchair? RSA 658:28
Voter Instruction Card: 1 copy in each voting
booth/screen? RSA 658:28
Sample Ballots: Are at least 2 sample ballots for
both Democrat and Republican primaries must be
posted outside the guardrail? RSA 658:26
Signs
Purity of Elections Statutes: Is a poster with the
purity of elections statutes posted outside the
guardrail? RSA 658:29
Assistance in Voting: Is at least 1 Assistance in
Voting sign posted outside the rail? 42 U.S. C.
15482(b).
Voting Rights: Is at least 1 Voting Rights sign
listing the AG toll free election line posted outside
the rail? 42 U.S.C. 15482 (b)(E).
Is an American Flag displayed inside the polling
Flag
place? RSA 658:9.
Voters who were registered before entering the
polling place should not have to wait more than
ten minutes to obtain a ballot and have access to a
voting booth/screen. Observe and record the
waiting time upon your arrival and again before
departing. Do voters receive ballots within 10
minutes?
Waiting Time
Lines Upon arrival: __________ minutes
Upon departure: _________ minutes
Eligible voters who choose to register on election
day may reasonably expect longer waiting time.
Note the waiting time, if a line exists, for
registering to vote:
Upon arrival: _______minutes
Upon departure: ________minutes
Is there at least one State issued accessible booth?
Booths
RSA 658:9, III
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Are there at least two standard voting booths?
RSA 658:9, V?
Are there at least two tabletop voting screens?
RSA 658:9, V
Are there a total of at least one booth/screen for
every 150 people listed on the checklist
(excluding new election day registrants)? RSA
658:9, V (b)
Accessible Is the telephone/fax system for accessible voting
Voting System set up and functioning? 42 U.S.C. 15481.
Is electioneering prohibited within the polling
Electioneering
place? RSA 659:43; RSA 659:44
Is there a guardrail, a wooden rail, rope, ribbon, or
any system separating voting area from public
area? RSA 658:9.
Is the rail positioned so that no one outside the rail
can approach closer than 6 feet from the voting
Guardrail
booths and ballot box? RSA 658:9.
Are persons other than election officials and
voters marking and casting ballots or assisting
another voter prohibited from entering within the
rail? RSA 659:21.
Does the checklist used to check voters in have
bar codes? RSA 654:25; RSA 654:45 (The
presence of the barcode verifies that the list was
created from the statewide database)
When a voter checks in to receive a ballot, does
the ballot clerk repeat the voter's name out loud
Checklist two times? RSA659:13
When a voter checks in, does the ballot clerk state
the address of the voter listed on the checklist and
ask the voter to verify it is correct? RSA 659:13
When a voter checks in is he or she required to
announce his or her party affiliation? RSA
659:13.
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Determine from the Moderator the number of # _______
ballots received from the Secretary of State
Are voters and election officials prohibited from
removing ballots from within the rail?
RSA659:38
Hand Count Towns: Does the moderator/assistant
take the ballot from the voter and deposit it in the
ballot box in a manner that does not disclose how
Ballots the ballot is marked? RSA 659:23
Machine Count Towns: Does the moderator
allow the voter to put his/her ballot into the ballot
counting machine in a manner that does not
disclose how the ballot is marked? RSA 659:23,
II
Did the Moderator start processing absentee ballots
no sooner than 1:00 PM (unless 10 voters petition to
start after the polls close)? RSA 659:49
Is a zero tape available for inspection and in
proper form? Election Procedure Manual & RSA
Ballot Counting 656:42
Machines Does the Moderator have procedures in place to
empty the bin under the ballot counting machine
if there are more than 1500 ballots cast?
Voters who, as a result of disability or illiteracy
are unable to mark their ballot without assistance,
may be assisted by a person of their choice,
except they cannot be assisted by their employer
or union official. Observe the moderator process
a request for assistance by a voter or if none
occurs, ask the moderator to describe the
procedure used. RSA 659:20
Assistance in
Are voters allowed to have assistance?
Voting
Does the Moderator require that the voter assert
that he or she is unable to vote due to disability or
illiteracy?
Does the Moderator offer the voter the choice of
selecting the person who will assist the voter?
If someone other than an election official assists
the voter, does the moderator instruct the person
on their duty or require the person to take an oath?
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Observe any challenges to voters or, if none, ask
the Moderator: Does the Moderator allow any
Challenges
registered voter for the polling place or any
designated challenger to challenge voters?
Is there a public viewing area outside the rail
available for observers from campaigns and the
public?
Observers
Can a person in the area for observers hear the
ballot clerks announce the names of voters as the
voter checks in?
Are people being allowed to register to vote at the
polling place? RSA 654:7-a.
Are people who register to vote being required to
prove: (RSA 654:12)
a. Their identity if they are not personally
known by the Supervisor of the Checklist?
b. Their age if their appearance leaves doubt
Voter
whether the person is 18 or older?
Registration
c. Their citizenship?
d. Their domicile?
Are those without other proof of domicile offered
and allowed to use a domicile affidavit?
Determine from the Supervisors the number of
people who applied for registration and who were
denied # _______
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