Voter Registration Information - How To Vote

IN PERSON OR BY ABSENTEE BALLOT – INCLUDING CRITERIA FOR VOTING ABSENTEE:

Location is at the New Durham Elementary School, 7 Old Bay Road, New Durham.

By NH law, only residents who are registered voters that are eligible to vote absentee:

  • Will be absent from the town during the hours the polls are open on election day
  • Residents with illness
  • Residents with disabilities
  • Religious reasons for being unable to travel to the polls
  • Absence from the town due to employment.

Absentee ballots are available from your town or city clerk approximately 30 days before an election. Request the absentee ballot application from the clerk or you may download the application. If you wish, you may submit a request in writing that should include all the information required on the application: your name, voting address, mailing address and your signature.  

An application for an absentee ballot may be transmitted by FAX (603-859-6644) to your town clerk.

DOWNLOAD ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATION

*Voters living outside the United States may file a "UOCAVA absentee ballot application".

State Senate and State Representative Districts

Due to passage of House Bill 592, our State Senate & State Representative Districts are as follows:

  • State Senate: District 6: Alton, Barnstead, Farmington, Gilmanton, New Durham and Rochester
  • State Representative: District 3: New Durham and Strafford

If you have questions about your voting rights, you may contact the NH Secretary of State 603-271-3242 or the NH Attorney General 603-271-3658.