[NRO 1975, T. 2, §§ 1 to 7
(Secs. 7-1 to 7-7 of the 1987 Code)]
[Amended 6-21-1977 by Ord. No. O-77-192; 9-14-1977 by Ord. No. O-77-218; 9-28-1979 by Ord. No. O-79-226; 1-8-1985 by Ord. No. O-84-111; 6-23-1987 by Ord. No. O-87-151; 12-23-1991 by Ord. No. O-91-114; 3-11-1997 by Ord. No. O-97-117; 6-26-2001 by Ord. No. O-01-156]
A.
The City hereby adopts the provisions of RSA 656:40
pursuant to Resolution R-70131 approved January 15, 1971, by the Mayor
and Aldermen and authorizing the use of voting machines for all elections
in the City to the extent provided by law.
B.
The City Clerk shall assume all duties provided by
law as custodian of all voting machines owned by the City.
[Added 2-12-2020 by Ord.
No. O-20-002]
Polls shall be open for elections starting at 6:00 a.m. and
ending at 8:00 p.m.
[Amended 8-14-2012 by Ord. No. O-12-012]
A.
During
the voting hours on all election days, no person who is a candidate
for office or who is representing or working on behalf of a candidate,
party, political organization, initiative, or ballot question for
any election, shall be allowed to hold or carry any signs or handbills,
distribute any handbills, post any political signs, or gather signatures
in front of the entrance to the polling places in each ward and for
a distance of 100 feet on each side of such entrance and/or exit.
B.
In accordance with § 320-64, during the voting hours on election days, no person shall park a vehicle in front of the entrance to the polling place in each ward, for a distance of 100 feet on each side of the entrance, except for the purpose of voting.
C.
During the voting hours on election days, no person shall park a
trailer or vehicle with campaign signs that are mounted, attached
or painted on said trailer or motor vehicle in the public parking
lots of the school properties where voting is held, except for the
purpose of voting.
D.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not more than $20.
[Amended 9-22-1987 by Ord. No. O-87-166; 12-8-1987 by Ord. No. O-87-184]
A.
Any person whose name appears on a ballot for an elective
position, other than a position of an election official, shall be
disqualified from performing duties as an election official in that
election. A person so disqualified shall not be considered to have
vacated any office but rather only to be absent therefrom. A temporary
replacement shall be appointed as provided in RSA 658:19 through 658:22.
B.
Notwithstanding Subsection A of this section, any person may serve as an election official even if he appears on the ballot as a candidate for an elective position other than election official if he is an unopposed candidate, or if he is one of the candidates for the elective position for which the total number of candidates on the ballot does not exceed the number of persons to be elected to that elective position at that election.
C.
Members of the immediate family of the candidate and
spouse (wife, husband, children, mother, father, sisters, brothers)
whose name appears on the ballot in that ward or who has acknowledged
and accepted a write-in candidacy shall be disqualified from performing
the duties of an election official in that election.
[Amended 3-12-1980 by Ord. No. O-80-19; 4-9-1985 by Ord. No. O-85-130; 9-14-1993 by Ord. No. O-93-24; 1-26-1999 by Ord. No. O-98-89; 4-22-2008 by Ord. No. O-08-14]
A.
Election officials appointed or elected pursuant to
state or local law shall be compensated as follows for all duties
performed in connection with their respective offices, for each election
held in the wards of the City:
[Amended 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. O-12-006; 7-12-2016 by Ord. No. O-16-013]
B.
For a presidential primary election or a state general
election at which votes will be cast for the President of the United
States, said compensation shall be provided for the number of inspectors
of election (ballot inspectors) authorized under RSA 658:2 in each
ward. Said appointments shall be equally divided between the two political
parties which cast the largest number of votes for Governor in the
state at the last previous general election. For all other elections,
said compensation shall be provided to either four or six inspectors
of election (ballot inspectors) in each ward, the number to be determined
by the City Clerk, half each for the two political parties which cast
the largest number of votes for Governor in the state at the last
previous general election. Any additional inspectors appointed by
the two political parties pursuant to RSA 658:2 shall not be compensated
by the City but may be compensated in the amount provided herein by
the political party requesting the inspector.
[Amended 7-14-2020 by Ord. No. O-20-028]
C.
Moderators, ward clerks, selectmen, ballot inspectors,
and voter registrars shall be compensated as outlined herein. To receive
full compensation, such officials shall participate in a scheduled
training session to be provided by the City Clerk and perform their
respective duties at the polling place of the ward. Officials shall
be compensated for the percentage of time spent performing their respective
duties. Officials not attending a training session shall be paid half
of the compensation they otherwise would have been entitled to as
outlined herein.
The members of the Board of Voter Registrars
shall be paid in full for their services in the following amounts,
and at such times as hereinafter specified: The Clerk of such board
shall receive annually $400, the other two members each $300 annually,
all payable quarterly.
[Amended 2-26-2008 by Ord. No. O-08-07]
The Board of Aldermen shall meet the Tuesday
next following each municipal election at 8:00 p.m. The City Clerk
shall enter upon the records the number of votes given in each ward
for each person voted for as Mayor or persons voted for as members
of the Board of Education, Board of Public Works, Board of Fire Commissioners,
Board of Aldermen, and Aldermen at Large and shall lay before the
meeting his records of such returns. The Board of Aldermen shall examine
the same and declare the result and shall cause those elected to be
notified of their election.
A.
Each absentee ballot issued by the City Clerk shall
be mailed or delivered in hand by the City Clerk or his duly appointed
deputy to each individual voter who requests such a ballot and is
duly qualified to vote in the election for which such ballot is issued.
B.
It shall be a requirement that absentee ballots be
returned to the City Clerk by the voter requesting the ballot either
via United States mail or by causing it to be delivered to the City
Clerk or his duly appointed deputy. No other method will be accepted.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 7-8, adopted
3-28-2000 by Ord. No. O-00-13, which immediately followed this section
and pertained to the boundaries of Ward 7, was superseded by a Charter
amendment approved at an election held 11-4-2003.
The City of Nashua is hereby divided into the following nine
wards:
A.
Ward 1: Beginning at the intersection of the F.E. Everett Turnpike
and Amherst Street and running in a northwesterly direction along
the center line of Amherst Street to the Merrimack town line; thence,
turning and running along the Nashua/Merrimack, thence Nashua/Hollis
lines in a southerly direction to the intersection of the Nashua River;
thence turning and running in a northeasterly direction along the
center line of the Nashua River to the intersection of the F.E. Everett
Turnpike; thence, turning and running in a northerly direction along
the center line of F.E. Everett Turnpike to the point of beginning.
B.
Ward 2: Beginning at the intersection of Baldwin Street and Amherst
Street and running in a southerly direction along the center line
of Baldwin Street to the intersection of Prescott Street; thence,
turning and running in a westerly direction along the center line
of Prescott Street to the intersection of Bennett Street; thence turning
in a northerly direction and running along the center line of Bennett
Street to the intersction of Amherst Street, thence turning westerly
on Amherst Street and running along the center line to the intersection
of Broad Street; thence running along the center line of Broad Street
to the intersection of Sullivan Street; thence turning in a northerly
direction and running along the center line of Sullivan Street to
the intersection of Rodman Street and turning westerly and running
along the center line of Rodman Street to the intersection of Berkshire
Road; thence turning northerly and running along the center line of
Berkshire Road to the intersection of Pine Hill Avenue; thence turning
northwesterly and running along the center line of Pine Hill Avenue
to Essex Street; thence turning northeasterly and running along the
center line of Essex Street to Amherst Street; thence turning and
running northwesterly along the center line of Amherst Street to the
Merrimack town line; thence, turning northerly and following the Nashua
City boundary generally in a northerly then easterly direction to
the railroad tracks east of Route 3 which run parallel to the Merrimack
River; thence turning and running southerly along the railroad tracks
to the intersection of Pennichuck Street; thence turning in a westerly
direction and running along the center line of Pennichuck Street to
the intersection of Concord Street; thence turning in a southerly
direction and running along the center line of Concord Street to the
intersection of the Henri Bourque Highway; thence turning in a westerly
direction and running along the center line of the Henri Bourque Highway
to the intersection of Manchester Street; thence, turning and running
in a southerly direction along the center line of Manchester Street
to the intersection of Cushing Avenue; thence, turning in a southwesterly
direction and running along the center line of Cushing Avenue to the
intersection of Amherst Street; thence turning in a southeasterly
direction along the center line of Amherst Street to Baldwin Street,
the point of beginning.
C.
Ward 3: Beginning at the intersection of the railroad tracks east
of Route 3, which run parallel to the Merrimack River, and Pennichuck
Street; thence turning in a westerly direction and running along the
center line of Pennichuck Street to the intersection of Concord Street;
thence turning in a southerly direction and running along the center
line of Concord Street to the intersection of the Henri Bourque Highway;
thence turning in a westerly direction and running along the center
line of the Henri Bourque Highway to the intersection of Manchester
Street; thence, turning and running in a southerly direction along
the center line of Manchester Street to the intersection of Cushing
Avenue; thence turning in a southwesterly direction and running along
the center line of Cushing Avenue to the center line of Amherst Street;
thence, turning and running in a southerly direction along the center
line of Amherst Street to the intersection of Baldwin Street; thence
turning southwesterly and running along the center line of Baldwin
Street to Fairmount Street; thence, turning and running in an easterly
direction along the center line of Fairmount Street to the intersection
of the Veterans Memorial Parkway; thence, turning in a southerly direction
and running along the center line of the Veterans Memorial Parkway
to the center line of the Nashua River; thence, turning and running
in an easterly direction along the center line of the Nashua River
to its intersection with Canal and Bridge Streets; thence, turning
westerly and running along the center line of Bridge Street to the
center line of the Merrimack River; thence, turning northerly along
the center line of the Merrimack River to the intersection of the
Nashua City/Merrimack town line.
D.
Ward 4: Beginning at the intersection of Amherst Street and the F.E.
Everett Turnpike and running in a southerly direction along the center
line of said F.E. Everett Turnpike to the intersection of West Hollis
Street; thence, turning and running in an easterly direction along
the center line of West Hollis Street to the intersection of Badger
Street; thence, turning and running in a southerly direction along
the center line of Badger Street to the intersection of Kinsley Street;
thence, turning and running in an easterly direction along the center
line of Kinsley Street to the intersection of Vine Street; thence,
turning and running in a southerly direction along the center line
of Vine Street to the intersection of Lake Street; thence, turning
and running in an easterly direction along the center line of Lake
Street to the intersection of Main Street; thence, turning and running
northerly along the center line of Main Street to the intersection
of East Hollis Street; thence, tunning easterly on East Hollis Street
and running along the center line of East Hollis Street to the intersection
of Hudson Street; thence, turning westerly and running along the center
line of Hudson Street to Commercial Street; thence turning northerly
and running along the center line of Commercial Street to the intersection
of Temple Street; thence, turning easterly and running along the center
line of Temple Street to the intersection of Amory Street; thence,
turning northerly and running along the center line of Amory Street
to Union Street; thence, turning easterly and northerly along the
center line of Union Street to Bridge Street; thence, turning westerly
and running along the center line of Bridge Street to the center line
of the Nashua River; thence, turning and running in a westerly direction
along the center line of the Nashua River to the Veterans Memorial
Parkway; thence, turning northwesterly and running along the center
line of the Veterans Memorial Parkway to the intersection of Fairmount
Street; thence, turning and running in a westerly direction along
the center line of Fairmount Street to the intersection of Baldwin
Street; thence, turning northerly and running along the center line
of Baldwin Street to the intersection of Prescott Street; thence,
turning onto Prescott Street and running westerly along the center
line to the intersection of Bennett Street; thence turning northeasterly
onto Bennett Street and running along the center line to Amherst Street;
thence turning westerly on Amherst Street to the intersection of Broad
Street; thence turning in a westerly direction along the center line
of Broad Street to the intersection of Sullivan Street; thence turning
in a northerly direction and running along the center line of Sullivan
Street to the intersection of Rodman Street; thence turning westerly
and running along the center line of Rodman Street to Berkshire Road;
thence turning northeasterly and running along the center line of
Berkshire Road to Pine Hill Avenue; thence turning northwesterly and
running along the center line of Pine Hill Avenue to Essex Street;
thence turning northeasterly and running along Essex Street to Amherst
Street; thence, turning and running in a westerly direction along
the center line of Amherst Street to the point of beginning.
E.
Ward 5: Beginning at the intersection of the Nashua River and the
F.E. Everett Turnpike; and running in a southerly direction along
the center line of the F.E. Everett Turnpike to the intersection of
the Main Dunstable Road; thence, turning and running in a southwesterly
direction along the center line of Main Dunstable Road to the intersection
of Conant Road; thence, turning and running in a southerly direction
along the center line of Conant Road to the intersection of Forsythia
Drive; thence turning and running in a southerly direction along the
center line of Forsythia Drive to the intersection of Hibiscus Way;
thence, turning easterly, then southerly, running along the center
line of Hibiscus Way to the intersection of Cherrywood Drive; thence,
turning in a westerly and southwesterly direction and running along
the center line of Cherrywood Drive to Ridge Road; thence, turning
easterly and running along the center line of Ridge Road to Salmon
Brook; thence, turning southerly and running along the center line
of Salmon Brook to the New Hampshire/Massachusetts state line; thence,
turning and running along the New Hampshire/Massachusetts state line
in a westerly direction to the Nashua City/Hollis town line; thence,
turning and running in a northerly direction along the Nashua City/Hollis
town line to the Nashua River; thence, following the Nashua River
in a northeasterly direction to the point of beginning.
F.
Ward 6: Beginning at the intersection of Main Street and Lake Street
and running in a westerly direction along the center line of Lake
Street to the intersection of Vine Street; thence, turning and running
in a northerly direction along the center line of Vine Street to the
intersection of Kinsley Street; thence, turning and running in a westerly
direction along the center line of Kinsley Street to the intersection
of Badger Street; thence, turning and running in a northerly direction
along the center line of Badger Street to the intersection of West
Hollis Street; thence, turning and running in a westerly direction
along the center line of West Hollis Street to the intersection of
the F.E. Everett Turnpike; thence, turning and running in a southeasterly
direction along the center line of the F.E. Everett Turnpike to Main
Dunstable Road; thence, running southwesterly along the center line
of Main Dunstable Road to Northeastern Boulevard; thence, running
easterly along the center line of Northeastern Boulevard to Harris
Road and continuing easterly along the center line of Harris Road
to East Dunstable Road; thence running northerly along the center
line of East Dunstable Road to the F.E. Everett Turnpike; thence turning
and running in a southeasterly direction along the center line of
the F.E. Everett Turnpike to the intersection of the Daniel Webster
Highway, Exit 3, southbound off ramp; thence, turning and running
in an easterly direction along the center line of the Exit 3, southbound
off ramp to the Daniel Webster Highway; thence, turning and running
in a northerly direction along the center line of the Daniel Webster
Highway to Main Street; thence, turning and running in a northerly
direction along the center line of Main Street to the point of beginning.
G.
Ward 7: Beginning at the intersection of U.S. Route 3 and the New
Hampshire/Massachusetts border and running northerly along the center
line of the highway to Spit Brook Road; thence, turning easterly along
the center line of Spit Brook Road to Daniel Webster Highway; thence,
turning in a northerly direction along the center line of the Daniel
Webster Highway to the Sagamore Bridge and the Circumferential Highway;
thence turning and running westerly along the center line of the Circumferential
Highway to U.S. Route 3; thence, turning and running in a northerly
direction along the center line of the F.E. Everett Turnpike to the
intersection of the Daniel Webster Highway, Exit 3, southbound off
ramp; thence, turning and running in an easterly direction along the
center line of the Exit 3, southbound off ramp to the Daniel Webster
Highway; thence, turning and running in a northerly direction along
the center line of the Daniel Webster Highway to the point where it
intersects with Main Street and South Main Street; thence, continuing
in a northerly direction along the center line of Main Street to the
intersection of Main Street and East Hollis Street; thence running
along the center line of East Hollis Street to the intersection of
Hudson Street; thence turning onto Hudson Street and running westerly
to Commercial Street; thence, turning northerly and running along
the center line of Commercial Street to Temple Street; thence turning
easterly and running along the center line of Temple Street to the
intersection of Amory Street; thence, turning northerly and running
along the center line of Amory Street to Union Street; thence, turning
easterly and northerly along the center line of Union Street to Bridge
Street; thence, turning easterly and running along the center line
of Bridge Street to the center line of the Merrimack River and the
Nashua City/Hudson town line; thence, turning and running southerly
along the Nashua City/Hudson town line to the New Hampshire/Massachusetts
border; thence, turning westerly along the New Hampshire/Massachusetts
border to the point of beginning.
H.
Ward 8: Beginning at the intersection of Main Street, South Main
Street and the Daniel Webster Highway and running in a southerly,
then westerly direction along the center line of the Daniel Webster
Highway to the intersection of the F.E. Everett Turnpike; thence,
turning and running in a southerly direction along the center line
of the F.E. Everett Turnpike to the intersection of the Circumferential
Highway; thence, turning and running easterly along the center line
of the Circumferential Highway to the center line of the Daniel Webster
Highway; thence, turning and running southerly along the center line
of the Daniel Webster Highway to Spit Brook Road; thence, turning
westerly along the center line of Spit Brook Road to U.S. Route 3;
thence, turning south and running along the center line of U.S. Route
3 to the New Hampshire/Massachusetts state line; thence, turning and
running in a westerly direction along the New Hampshire/Massachusetts
state line to the intersection of the Brook Village Road census tract;
thence, turning north on Brook Village Road and running along the
center line of Brook Village Road to the intersection of Strawberry
Bank Road; thence, turning and running westerly along the center line
of Strawberry Bank Road to the intersection of the Strawberry Bank
Road/Chadwick Circle connector; thence, running northwesterly on the
connector to Chadwick Circle; thence turning northerly on Chadwick
Circle and running along the center line to Bay Ridge Drive; thence
turning northwesterly and running along the center line of Bay Ridge
Drive to the paved walkway connecting Bay Ridge Drive and Oak Hill
Lane; thence, turning onto the paved walkway and continuing in a northerly
direction along the center line of the walkway to the intersection
of Oak Hill Lane; thence, continuing northerly and running along the
center line of Oak Hill Lane to Spit Brook Road; thence, turning westerly
and running along the center line of Spit Brook Road to the intersection
of East Dunstable Road; thence, turning and running in a northerly
direction along the center line of East Dunstable Road to Lamb Road;
thence, turning westerly and continuing along the center line of Lamb
Road to Searles Road and continuing westerly along the center line
of Searles Road to the intersection of Salmon Brook; thence, turning
northerly and continuing along the center line of Salmon Brook to
the intersection of New Searles Road; thence, turning northeasterly
along the center line of New Searles Road to the intersection of East
Dunstable Road; thence, continuing northerly along the center line
of East Dunstable Road to the F.E. Everett Turnpike; thence, turning
and running in an easterly direction along the center line of the
F.E. Everett Turnpike to the intersection of Main Street, South Main
Street and the Daniel Webster Highway, the point of beginning.
I.
Ward 9: Beginning at the intersection of Harris Road and East Dunstable
Road and running in a southerly direction along the center line of
East Dunstable Road to New Searles Road; thence, turning southwesterly
along the center line of New Searles Road to the intersection of Salmon
Brook; thence, continuing southerly along the center line of Salmon
Brook to the intersection of Searles Road; thence, turning easterly
along the center line of Searles Road to the intersection of Lamb
Road; thence, continuing easterly along the center line of Lamb Road
to the intersection of East Dunstable Road; thence, continuing easterly
along the center line of East Dunstable Road to the intersection of
Spit Brook Road; thence, continuing easterly along the center line
of Spit Brook Road to the intersection of Oak Hill Lane; thence turning
and running southerly along the center line of Oak Hill Lane to its
end and an intersection with a paved walkway connecting Oak Hill Lane
to Bay Ridge Drive, and running along the center line of the walkway
to its intersection with Bay Ridge Drive; thence continuing in a southerly
and southeasterly direction and running along the center line of Bay
Ridge Drive to Chadwick Circle; thence turning in a southerly direction
and running along the center line of Chadwick Circle to the intersection
of the Strawberry Bank Road/Chadwick Circle connector; thence turning
easterly onto the connector and continuing in an easterly direction
along the center line to Strawberry Bank Road; thence, continuing
along the center line of Strawberry Bank Road to the intersection
of Brook Village Road; thence turning southerly and running along
the center line of Brook Village Road to the Massachusetts state line;
thence, turning and running in a westerly direction along the New
Hampshire/Massachusetts state line to the intersection of Salmon Brook;
thence, turning northerly along the center line of Salmon Brook to
the intersection of Ridge Road; thence, turning westerly along the
center line of Ridge Road to the intersection of Cherrywood Drive;
thence, turning northerly and running along the center line of Cherrywood
Drive to the intersection of Hibiscus Way; thence turning northerly
and bearing westerly along the center line of Hibiscus Way to Forsythia
Drive; thence, turning in a northerly direction and running along
the center line of Forsythia Drive to the intersection of Conant Road;
thence turning northeasterly on Conant Road and running along the
center line of Conant Road to the intersection of Main Dunstable Road;
thence, turning and running in a northeasterly direction along the
center line of Main Dunstable Road to Northeastern Boulevard; thence,
turning and running in a southeasterly direction along the center
line of Northeastern Boulevard to Harris Road, then continuing easterly
along Harris Road to East Dunstable Road and the point of beginning.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also stated the following: "Notwithstanding
any changes in the ward boundaries, the City and Ward officers serving
in office, or elected to office, at the time of passage of this resolution
shall continue in said offices until the end of the terms for which
they were elected. Any elections to fill vacancies in the General
Court shall be held on the basis of the ward lines as they existed
for the election of November 18, 2010, until the effective date of
the NH General Court’s redistricting following the 2010 U.S.
Census. Any State Representative or State Senator in office on the
effective date of this act does not lose his or her eligibility for
that office because of the changes in ward boundaries made by this
ordinance."
[2]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also stated the following: "Notwithstanding
any changes in the ward boundaries, the City and Ward officers serving
in office, or elected to office, at the time of passage of this ordinance
shall continue in said offices until the end of the terms for which
they were elected. Any elections to fill vacancies in the General
Court shall be held on the basis of the ward lines as they existed
for the election of November 3, 2020, until the effective date of
the New Hampshire General Court's redistricting following the 2020
U.S. Census. Any State Representative or State Senator in office on
the effective date of this act does not lose his or her eligibility
for that office because of the changes in ward boundaries made by
this ordinance."
