Ballots and absentee voting materials for election of town officers at town meeting may be destroyed by the town clerk after the contest is settled and all appeals have expired or at least 60 days after the election, whichever is longer. [RSA 657:16; 657:22; 659:100–:101; 669:25; 33-A:3-a]
Appointed municipal budget committee members must be named within 30 days after town meeting. [RSA 32:15, II]
Within 30 days after town meeting, town clerk to report on town library to assistant state librarian. [RSA 41:20]
Town clerk to send 2 copies of town report to State Library and 1 copy of town report to UNH Library within 30 days of April 7, the date by which the town report must be made available. [RSA 41:22; 201-A:18]
Minutes of town meeting and various reports must be filed with the Department of Revenue Administration within 20 days after the close of town meeting. [RSA 21-J:34]
Town clerk must report names and addresses of all town officers to commissioner of revenue administration after annual election. There is an ongoing duty to report changes as they occur. [RSA 41:19; Rev 1707.13 -- report to be made within 20 days of the town meeting]
Town clerk to forward to select board and treasurer certified copy of any vote to transfer surplus to capital reserve funds within 10 days of such vote. Surplus must be transferred by treasurer to trustees of trust funds immediately after receipt of order of select board. [RSA 35:11]
Last day for 10 voters of a town to petition clerk to recount ballots on any question printed on official ballot. [RSA 40:4-c]
Select board must appoint town treasurer by today if annual meeting fails either to elect one or to vote to authorize the appointment rather than the election of the treasurer. [RSA 41:27; 41:26-e]
Last day for any person for whom a vote was cast to apply to town clerk for a recount (to be conducted not earlier than 5 nor later than 10 days after receipt of the application). Town clerk must be available at least between 3 and 5 p.m. to receive application, and must provide at least 3 days’ notice of recount date to candidates for that office. [RSA 669:30-:31; 652:20]. Provided, however, if the total number of affidavit ballots submitted for that election would, if counted in favor of any candidates, alter the outcome of the election, the deadline for filing recount requests shall be extended until April 21. [RSA 660:17-a].
