New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte wants every qualified person to vote. The Attorney General’s duties include protecting the right to vote and enforcing the election laws.

Any person who believes that his or her voting rights are being violated, or who believes that voting fraud, voter intimidation, or voter suppression is occurring should immediately contact the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office: toll free 1-866-868-3703 or (603) 271-3650.

Learn more about your voting rights and election procedures by visiting the NHVotes <http://nhvotes.sos.nh.gov/> on-line web site that offers courses on voting for voters and election officials. This site was developed cooperatively by the Secretary of State, the Attorney General and Professor Andy Smith and Justiceworks at the University of New Hampshire with support from a grant made by the PEW Charitable Trusts Make Voting Work project and the JEHT foundation. 

Visit the site at: <http://nhvotes.sos.nh.gov>

Voting can be quick and easy!  New Hampshire has Election Day registration for voters.  People who are qualified as voters may go to their local polling places on Election Day, register and vote.  Municipal and State election officials have been planning for months to accommodate a record number of voters on November 4th, including a record number of people who will be registering to vote at the polls.  Election officials will be available at every polling place to assist people with voter registration and the voting process. 

People are encouraged to vote as early during Election Day as is convenient. 

Most polling places are open from 8:00 AM until 7:00 PM. 

A few polling places will open at 6:00 AM, some at 7:00 AM, and a very few as late as 11:00 AM. 

A few polling places will remain open until 8:00 PM.  Any voter planning to vote after 7:00 PM should make certain prior to Election Day that his or her town/city is one of the few that remain open until 8:00 PM.

Voters should check with their town/city website, clerk's office, or the Secretary of State’s website to determine their polls’ hours and location. 
<http://www.sos.nh.gov/polling.htm>

Every qualified voter who arrives at his or her polling place by the scheduled close of voting will be allowed to vote.

New Hampshire no longer provides a single oval or box for straight ticket voting, to vote for all the candidates from one political party the voter must mark the oval or box to the right of each candidate’s name from that party.

People who are qualified as voters and who plan to vote on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, but have not yet registered to vote will need to prove their identities, that they are 18 years old or older, where their voting domicile is, and that they are citizens of the United States.  Any reasonable means may be used to prove these qualifications.  Following the suggestions below will make the voter registration process quicker and easier:

• One easy way to prove identity is with a driver's license, government issued identification or other identification approved by local officials.  You may also prove identity by having another voter verify your identity or by completing an identification affidavit.
• Age is proven by any reasonable document showing the applicant is 18 years of age or older. 
• Citizenship may be proven with a birth certificate, passport, naturalization papers, or with a citizenship affidavit that can be completed at the polling place. 
• Domicile, proof that you live at the address you are claiming as your voting address, can be easily proven with a New Hampshire driver's license or vehicle registration in the applicant’s name listing that address.  Any other form of reasonable proof or a domicile affidavit, which you can complete at the polling place, is also acceptable proof.
  
  

If people who are able to do so vote earlier in the day, it will help allow those voters who must vote later in the day to be able to vote quickly.