Voter Registration in New Hampshire

There are three ways to register to vote in New Hampshire:

• Register in person at your town or city clerk’s office.
• Register in person with your community’s Supervisors of the Checklist. By law, the Supervisors of the Checklist are required to meet on a day 6-13 days prior to each election. Check the local newspaper or call your clerk’s office for the date and time of such meeting.
• Register at your polling place on Election Day.

Only voters who cannot apply in person because they are temporarily out of town or have a disability that prevents them from applying in person can use absentee registration (register by mail).

An individual is eligible to vote if they are:

• At least 18 years old by Election Day
• A U.S. citizen
• Domiciled in the city or town where the person is registering to vote (there is no minimum period of time required to have lived in the state to establish domicile for voter registration).

See the following for the state’s guide to voter registration: bit.ly/4kNubrt

All voters must show documents to prove their identity, age, citizenship, and domicile.

Proof can be satisfied by the following documents:

• Identity: State driver’s license or state ID, student ID, passport, NH voter ID card, or other documentation that has your name and photo.
• Age: Any reasonable documentation indicating you will be 18 years of age or older on the date of the next election, such as a driver’s license or state ID, passport, birth certificate, or voter ID card.
• Proof of Domicile: If you have it you must provide one of:
  • Driver’s license or other NH ID card issued by NH DMV showing your current domicile address
  • New Hampshire resident vehicle registration if the listed address matches the domicile address on your voter registration form
  • Photo ID issued by the US government that contains a current address.
  • Government issued check, benefit statement, or tax document with a current address.

• If the voter does not have any of those forms, they may provide any reasonable documentation showing that the person is domiciled in the city or town in which they wish to register, along with completing a form attesting they do not have the above forms of proof of domicile.
• Other reasonable documentation can include:
  • A document from the school the student attends showing they live in campus housing, including showing the election official a page from the institution’s official site showing the dorm assignment or off-campus residence address
  • A rental agreement, lease, or similar document that shows the voter’s name and the address of the domicile
  • A public utility bill showing the voter’s name and domicile address on it.
  • Any state or federal tax form, other government form, or government ID that shows your name and domicile address