Public counting session on Nov. 19 to revise Ward 4 election vote totals

posted on 11/15/2024

City Clerk Jerrica Vansylyvong-Bizier and Ward 4 Election Moderator Kate Hill announce a public counting session at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19 at Dover City Hall’s Council Conference Room to revise Ward 4 vote totals pursuant to New Hampshire state law RSA 659:23-a.

The public counting session is needed to certify the Ward 4 election results, following a voter casting an affidavit ballot in the ward during the Nov. 5, 2024 general election and then not providing proof of identity to the Secretary of State within seven days of the election.

Affidavit ballots were provided to voters on election day who either registered to vote for the first time in New Hampshire and did not have a valid photo identification establishing their identity, or to voters who did not meet the state law’s voter identity requirements. The affidavit ballots included a voter package listing all documents required to vote in New Hampshire and a prepaid envelope for overnight delivery by the U.S. Post Office to the Secretary of State’s office. The documents needed to be received by the Secretary of State by the seventh day following the election.

The affidavit ballot provision is no longer a state law, following the governor signing House Bill 1569 into law on Sept. 12, 2024, which became effective on Nov. 11, 2024.

For more information, contact the City Clerk’s office at 603-516-6018.