Absentee Ballots

2025 New Absentee Voting Process

Changes to New Hampshire absentee voting laws, enacted in 2025, require additional identity and citizenship verification for applicants. These changes take effect on September 30, 2025. 

Application requirements: Starting in 2025, a new voter law requires extra identity verification for all absentee ballot applications. Applicants must meet this requirement using one (1) of the following options:

  • Providing a copy of their photo ID OR
  • Personally presenting a photo ID to the city or town clerk OR
  • Having their signature on the application notarized. 

Other notable changes

  1. Application acceptance window: Town Clerks can only accept absentee ballot applications postmarked or received within six months of the election date.
  2. Absentee ballot processing: New law repeals the ability for voters to request that absentee ballot processing be postponed until after the polls close.