Elections

Absentee Voter Registration and Voter Absentee

Due to the current state of emergency, the Secretary of State and Attorney General have determined that all citizens of New Hampshire are entitled to use the disability provisions in New Hampshire’s voter registration and absentee voting laws to register to vote and vote by absentee ballot (by mail).

Absentee Ballot applications for the upcoming 2020 elections can be printed here and completed in the convenience of your home. You may mail, e-mail, fax, or hand deliver your completed application to the Office of the City Clerk. If you are not yet registered to vote, we will include the voter registration form, absentee registration affidavit, and instructions when we mail your absentee ballot.

You may also request absentee voter registration forms and instructions before requesting an absentee ballot. Please note you must be a resident of Nashua to register with the Nashua City Clerk’s Office.

When you complete either the absentee ballot application or the absentee voter registration affidavit, if you are doing so because of the current COVID-19 health emergency, mark the disability section as the basis for your eligibility to register/vote by mail.

Absentee Ballot Request Form (and voter registration form) for members of the armed services and overseas citizens absentee voters

Please make sure you sign the application before submitting it. If you have any questions, please contact our office at 603-589-3010, option 5. More information may also be found online by visiting the Secretary of State’s Office’s website: Voting During the COVID-19 State of Emergency link.

June 2, 2020-Last Day to Change Party Affiliation prior to State Primary Election

Tuesday, June 2, 2020 was the last day registered voters could change their party affiliation before the September 8, 2020, State Primary Election.

June 3, 2020-June 12, 2020 - Filing Period for State Primary Election

Please click here to view a listing of candidates who have filed for State Representative or Delegate to the Republican State Convention in the Office of the City Clerk.

Rides to Polls

The City Clerk’s Office is pleased to announce that the Nashua Transit System provides voters free rides on Election Day to the polls on the fixed route system. Please check back soon to access a flyer to learn more about this program, especially if you are not on a fixed route.

Voting Locations Map

Use this Alphabetical Street List as well as the GIS Voting Locations Map to find the ward you live in. Use the "keyword" search feature of Adobe Reader to find your street name quickly. For a list of the ward’s polling locations, go to Polling Locations and Wards.

Municipal Campaign Receipt & Expenditure Reports

Listed below are the reports for campaign receipts and expenditures for the first and second reporting. Forms are also available in the City Clerk’s Office. Candidates can either mail, fax to 603-589-3029 or email to cityclerkdept@nashuanh.gov their completed reports.

2019 Municipal General Election - First Report Campaign Receipts

2019 Municipal General Election - First Report Campaign Expenditures

2019 Municipal General Election - Second Report Campaign Receipts

2019 Municipal General Election - Second Report Campaign ExpendituresGovernor Sununu recently issued Emergency Order #43, waiving the requirement that a voter wanting to change his/her party affiliation must appear in person and make an oath to the clerk. This order establishes a new paper form for changing parties. Please click here for the form which must be completed and returned to our office by June 2, 2020. The City Clerk’s Office will be opened on June 2, 2020, between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., to accommodate those voters wishing to change their party affiliation in person. If voters do not change their party affiliation by this deadline, they will not be able to change it until Wednesday, September 9, 2020.

Incumbent Filings: June 1 & December 1

City ordinances require that "any officeholder" shall inform the City Clerk of any position as a board trustee or like that he or she is involved in on June 1st of each calendar year (NRO 5-98.c.5). In addition, holders of the offices of Mayor, Alderman at Large, Ward Alderman, Board of Education, Fire Commissioner, and Public Works Commission shall file a statement semiannually "showing any income...received from testimonials, gifts, honorariums, donations, or any other source, when the receipt of such income is attributable to the office held by the official. This report shall not include campaign contributions, income received by the official in his regular course of employment or business or salary, mileage, or expense payments made to the official by the City for performance of official duties for the calendar year." For testimonials, each elected official shall disclose the total amount of income received, the expenses of holding the testimonial, and the testimonial net income raised after paying those expenses (NRO 23-22 through 23-24).

Report of Gifts & Honorariums (NRO 23-22 through 23-23)
Report of Testimonial Expenditures & Receipts (NRO 23-22 through 23-24)
Report of Campaign Receipts and Expenditures. (NRO 23-18.1) or Second Report of Campaign Receipts and Expenditures (NRO 23-18) if an incumbent sought re-election.

If the information requested in the body of the report form does not apply, denote: “$0,” “Not Applicable,” or “N/A.”

Campaign Finance Ordinance

Access city election campaign finance reports from 2005 to present

Additional Voter & Election Information

The conservation of the City’s oldest voter checklists was made possible through funds received from the sale of the New Hampshire Moose Conservation License Plate and administered by the New Hampshire State Library, a Division of the New Hampshire Department of Cultural Resources. The original manuscripts are maintained by the Nashua City Clerk. Microfilm and digitized copies of these checklists have been provided to the Nashua Public Library, New Hampshire State Library, and New Hampshire Division of Archives and Records Management. These checklists pre-date the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution (1920) which gave women the right to vote, nationally, and the 1915 City Charter provision which gave women the right to vote in elections for the Board of Education.

Voter Information Lookup - Office of the Secretary of State

If you want to track your absentee ballot, check your party affiliation, check your polling place, you can visit the State of New Hampshire Voter Information Look-Up Tool. This information is refreshed nightly.