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.infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%; background-color: #ededed"><div style="display:inline" class="fn org"><b>Government of New Hampshire</b></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_New_Hampshire.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Seal_of_New_Hampshire.svg/100px-Seal_of_New_Hampshire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" 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America</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Constitution</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_New_Hampshire" title="Constitution of New Hampshire">Constitution of New Hampshire</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="vertical-align: middle; background-color:#EBEBEB;"><a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">Legislative branch</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Name</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_General_Court" title="New Hampshire General Court">General Court</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Bicameral">Bicameral</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Meeting place</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_State_House" title="New Hampshire State House">New Hampshire State House</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Upper_house" title="Upper house">Upper house</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Name</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Senate" title="New Hampshire Senate">Senate</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Presiding officer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jeb_Bradley" title="Jeb Bradley">Jeb Bradley</a>, <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_New_Hampshire_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the New Hampshire Senate">President</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Lower_house" title="Lower house">Lower house</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Name</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_House_of_Representatives" title="New Hampshire House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Presiding officer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sherman_Packard" title="Sherman Packard">Sherman Packard</a>, Speaker</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="vertical-align: middle; background-color:#EBEBEB;"><a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">Executive branch</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Head_of_state" title="Head of state">Head of state</a> and <a href="/wiki/Head_of_government" title="Head of government">government</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Title</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_Hampshire" title="Governor of New Hampshire">Governor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Currently</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Sununu" title="Chris Sununu">Chris Sununu</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Election" title="Election">Election</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_(government)" title="Cabinet (government)">Cabinet</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data">Governor</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy leader</th><td class="infobox-data">President of the Senate</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">State House</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="vertical-align: middle; background-color:#EBEBEB;"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary" title="Judiciary">Judicial branch</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Name</th><td class="infobox-data">Judiciary of New Hampshire</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Courts</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_New_Hampshire" title="Courts of New Hampshire">Courts of New Hampshire</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Supreme_Court" title="New Hampshire Supreme Court">New Hampshire Supreme Court</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Chief judge</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gordon_J._MacDonald" title="Gordon J. MacDonald">Gordon J. MacDonald</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seat</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Concord,_New_Hampshire" title="Concord, New Hampshire">Concord</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>State of <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a></b> has a <a href="/wiki/Republic" title="Republic">republican</a> form of <a href="/wiki/Government" title="Government">government</a> modeled after the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of the United States">Government of the United States</a>, with three <a href="/wiki/Separation_of_powers" title="Separation of powers">branches</a>: the <a href="/wiki/Executive_branch" class="mw-redirect" title="Executive branch">executive</a>, consisting of the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_Hampshire" title="Governor of New Hampshire">Governor of New Hampshire</a> and the other elected constitutional officers; the <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_legislatures" class="mw-redirect" title="List of U.S. state legislatures">legislative</a>, called the <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_General_Court" title="New Hampshire General Court">New Hampshire General Court</a>, which includes the <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Senate" title="New Hampshire Senate">Senate</a> and the <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_House_of_Representatives" title="New Hampshire House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a>; and the <a href="/wiki/Judicial_branch" class="mw-redirect" title="Judicial branch">judicial</a>, consisting of the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Court of New Hampshire">Supreme Court of New Hampshire</a> and lower courts. </p><p>The New Hampshire state capital is <a href="/wiki/Concord,_New_Hampshire" title="Concord, New Hampshire">Concord</a>. The capital was <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_New_Hampshire" title="Portsmouth, New Hampshire">Portsmouth</a> during colonial times, and <a href="/wiki/Exeter,_New_Hampshire" title="Exeter, New Hampshire">Exeter</a> from 1775 to 1808. The Governor's office, some other executive offices, and both legislative chambers are in the <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_State_House" title="New Hampshire State House">State House</a>. The Legislative Office Building is behind the State House in this photograph; the state Supreme Court and other agencies are in an office park on the other (east) side of the <a href="/wiki/Merrimack_River" title="Merrimack River">Merrimack River</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Federal_representatives">Federal representatives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_New_Hampshire&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Federal representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Like all states, New Hampshire has two senators in the <a href="/wiki/US_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="US Senate">US Senate</a>. Based on <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Census">U.S. census</a> data, <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> has two members of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Congressional_districts">Congressional districts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_New_Hampshire&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Congressional districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_New_Hampshire" title="United States congressional delegations from New Hampshire">United States congressional delegations from New Hampshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire%27s_congressional_districts" title="New Hampshire's congressional districts">New Hampshire's congressional districts</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="New Hampshire's 1st congressional district">1st congressional district</a> consists of the <a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Carroll County, New Hampshire">Carroll</a> and <a href="/wiki/Strafford_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Strafford County, New Hampshire">Strafford</a> counties: <a href="/wiki/Alton,_New_Hampshire" title="Alton, New Hampshire">Alton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barnstead,_New_Hampshire" title="Barnstead, New Hampshire">Barnstead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belmont,_New_Hampshire" title="Belmont, New Hampshire">Belmont</a>, <a href="/wiki/Center_Harbor,_New_Hampshire" title="Center Harbor, New Hampshire">Center Harbor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gilford,_New_Hampshire" title="Gilford, New Hampshire">Gilford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gilmanton,_New_Hampshire" title="Gilmanton, New Hampshire">Gilmanton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laconia,_New_Hampshire" title="Laconia, New Hampshire">Laconia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meredith,_New_Hampshire" title="Meredith, New Hampshire">Meredith</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Hampton,_New_Hampshire" title="New Hampton, New Hampshire">New Hampton</a> in <a href="/wiki/Belknap_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Belknap County, New Hampshire">Belknap County</a>; <a href="/wiki/Bedford,_New_Hampshire" title="Bedford, New Hampshire">Bedford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Goffstown,_New_Hampshire" title="Goffstown, New Hampshire">Goffstown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manchester,_New_Hampshire" title="Manchester, New Hampshire">Manchester</a> and <a href="/wiki/Merrimack,_New_Hampshire" title="Merrimack, New Hampshire">Merrimack</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Hillsborough County, New Hampshire">Hillsborough County</a>; <a href="/wiki/Hooksett,_New_Hampshire" title="Hooksett, New Hampshire">Hooksett</a> in <a href="/wiki/Merrimack_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Merrimack County, New Hampshire">Merrimack County</a>; and all of <a href="/wiki/Rockingham_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Rockingham County, New Hampshire">Rockingham County</a>, except <a href="/wiki/Atkinson,_New_Hampshire" title="Atkinson, New Hampshire">Atkinson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salem,_New_Hampshire" title="Salem, New Hampshire">Salem</a> and <a href="/wiki/Windham,_New_Hampshire" title="Windham, New Hampshire">Windham</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district">2nd congressional district</a> is the remainder of the state, lying to the west and north of the 1st district. </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1"> <caption>Congressional delegation of New Hampshire </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Chamber </th> <th>District </th> <th>Official </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>First elected </th> <th>Term expires </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">U.S. Senate </td> <td rowspan="2">At-Large </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeanne_Shaheen" title="Jeanne Shaheen">Jeanne Shaheen</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>2009 </td> <td>2027 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maggie_Hassan" title="Maggie Hassan">Maggie Hassan</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>2017 </td> <td>2029 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">U.S. House of Representatives </td> <td>1st </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Pappas_(American_politician)" title="Chris Pappas (American politician)">Chris Pappas</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>2019 </td> <td>2025 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2nd </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ann_McLane_Kuster" class="mw-redirect" title="Ann McLane Kuster">Ann McLane Kuster</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>2013 </td> <td>2025 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electoral_College">Electoral College</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_New_Hampshire&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Electoral College"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Based on the total number of its Congressional delegation, New Hampshire has four votes in the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_College_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Electoral College (United States)">Electoral College</a>. The state awards its electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal_judiciary">Federal judiciary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_New_Hampshire&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Federal judiciary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>New Hampshire is part of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_New_Hampshire" title="United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire">United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire</a> in the federal judiciary. The district's cases are appealed to the Boston-based <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_First_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit">United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governing_documents">Governing documents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_New_Hampshire&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Governing documents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_constitution">State constitution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_New_Hampshire&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: State constitution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="New Hampshire Constitution">New Hampshire Constitution</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Concord_New_Hampshire_state_house_20041229.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Concord_New_Hampshire_state_house_20041229.jpg/220px-Concord_New_Hampshire_state_house_20041229.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Concord_New_Hampshire_state_house_20041229.jpg/330px-Concord_New_Hampshire_state_house_20041229.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Concord_New_Hampshire_state_house_20041229.jpg/440px-Concord_New_Hampshire_state_house_20041229.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1976" data-file-height="1542" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_State_House" title="New Hampshire State House">New Hampshire State House</a> in <a href="/wiki/Concord,_New_Hampshire" title="Concord, New Hampshire">Concord</a></figcaption></figure> <p>New Hampshire is governed by its <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="New Hampshire Constitution">constitution</a> of 1783. The constitution is in two parts, a Bill of Rights and a longer Form of Government. Unlike the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Constitution">United States Constitution</a>, amendments to the New Hampshire Constitution are not set out afterward but edit the text. It is one of the few state constitutions that acknowledge the <a href="/wiki/Right_of_revolution" title="Right of revolution">right of revolution</a>. </p><p>The state constitution is one of the few that do not expressly require <a href="/wiki/Public_education" class="mw-redirect" title="Public education">public schools</a>. However, in 1993, the state Supreme Court ruled in the first <a href="/wiki/The_Claremont_Decision" class="mw-redirect" title="The Claremont Decision"><i>Claremont</i> suit</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that a constitutional duty to "cherish the interest of...public schools"<sup id="cite_ref-Art83_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Art83-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> required the state to define and fund equal public schools statewide. The legislature complied slowly; in 2008, the Court ended<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> its supervisory role because the original laws had been replaced, but it did not reverse its earlier finding. </p><p>The state constitution has many expressions concerning the character of the people and the criteria that should guide their election of officials.<sup id="cite_ref-Art83_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Art83-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also forbids the legislature from appropriating pensions for longer than the current year,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although state employees now do have conventional employment contracts and a retirement system deemed "<a href="/wiki/Deferred_compensation" title="Deferred compensation">deferred compensation</a>." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_law">State law</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_New_Hampshire&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: State law"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Revised_Statutes_Annotated" title="New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated">New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated</a></div> <p>The current codification of state law under the constitution is the <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Revised_Statutes_Annotated" title="New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated">New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated</a> of 1955. </p><p>New Hampshire is the only state with no law requiring wearing of <a href="/wiki/Seat_belt" title="Seat belt">seat belts</a> nor use of <a href="/wiki/Motorcycle_helmet" title="Motorcycle helmet">motorcycle helmets</a>. (The law now does make these demands of those under 18.)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A driver does not need to have <a href="/wiki/Vehicle_insurance" title="Vehicle insurance">vehicle insurance</a> but must provide "proof of financial responsibility" to the state after an accident. Failure to do so can result in loss of driving privileges until the injured party is paid in full for their loss.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike the neighboring states, New Hampshire has no "<a href="/wiki/Container_deposit_legislation" class="mw-redirect" title="Container deposit legislation">bottle bill</a>." </p><p>New Hampshire had no law against having an <a href="/wiki/United_States_open_container_laws" class="mw-redirect" title="United States open container laws">open container</a> of alcohol in a car until 1990, though it has since cracked down on alcohol in numerous ways, including a 2008 enactment that makes underage possession of alcohol include possessing it inside one's body. </p><p>New Hampshire is a <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_carry" title="Constitutional carry">constitutional carry</a> state, allowing open and concealed carry of all guns while not requiring any permits. New Hampshire also allows the protection of oneself or property with <a href="/wiki/Stand_your_ground" class="mw-redirect" title="Stand your ground">stand your ground</a> laws expanding the <a href="/wiki/Castle_doctrine" title="Castle doctrine">castle doctrine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Civil_unions_in_New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil unions in New Hampshire">Civil unions</a> became legal in New Hampshire at the start of 2008, giving all the rights associated with marriage in the state to same-sex couples.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 1, 2010, <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" title="Same-sex marriage">same-sex marriage</a> became legal in New Hampshire, overriding the civil union law. </p><p>The state previously had the <a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment" title="Capital punishment">death penalty</a> for specific categories of homicide.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The most recent execution, of <a href="/wiki/Howard_Long" title="Howard Long">Howard Long</a>, was conducted in 1939. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_people_executed_in_New_Hampshire" title="List of people executed in New Hampshire">List of people executed in New Hampshire</a></div> <p>In 2008, a jury voted to impose the death penalty, for the first time since 1959, on <a href="/wiki/Michael_K._Addison" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael K. Addison">Michael K. Addison</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Michael_Briggs" title="Murder of Michael Briggs">murder of Michael Briggs</a>, an on-duty police officer.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, the death penalty was repealed; as the repeal was not retroactive, Addison remains on <a href="/wiki/Death_row" title="Death row">death row</a>. </p><p>New Hampshire was the last state in the country to require public kindergarten, which was mandated in 2007. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administrative_rules">Administrative rules</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_New_Hampshire&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Administrative rules"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rules that agencies issue, as authorized by statute, are collected in the <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Code_of_Administrative_Rules" title="New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules">New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Branches_of_government">Branches of government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_New_Hampshire&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Branches of government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legislative">Legislative</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_New_Hampshire&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Legislative"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_General_Court" title="New Hampshire General Court">New Hampshire General Court</a></div> <p>The legislature is called the <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_General_Court" title="New Hampshire General Court">General Court</a>. It consists of the <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_House_of_Representatives" title="New Hampshire House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> (400 members) and the <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Senate" title="New Hampshire Senate">Senate</a> (24 members). </p><p>The General Court is the fourth-largest legislature in the English-speaking world, behind only the <a href="/wiki/British_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="British Parliament">British Parliament</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Canada" title="Parliament of Canada">Parliament of Canada</a> respectively; and the New Hampshire House of Representatives is also the fourth-largest individual chamber (exceeded in number by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a>, the <a href="/wiki/British_House_of_Commons" class="mw-redirect" title="British House of Commons">British House of Commons</a> and the British <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The legislature at one time grew to 443 members due to population growth, but a 1942 constitutional amendment set its size at from 375 through 400 members.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is one representative for about every 3,300 residents.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In order for the U.S. Congress to have the same representation, there would need to be approximately 99,000 representatives. </p><p>The legislature apportions legislative seats based on the decennial <a href="/wiki/U.S._Census" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Census">U.S. Census</a>. The problem of allocating 400 legislators to 259 municipalities and ensuring equal representation is solved with <a href="/wiki/Floterial_district" title="Floterial district">floterial districts</a>. For example, a city due more than five representatives but not quite six might elect five representing the city itself, and one more in a floterial district that includes some neighboring towns. </p><p>State legislators are paid $200 for their two-year term, plus mileage, effectively making them volunteers. The only other benefits are free use of toll roads and of state-owned resorts. A 2007 survey found that nearly half the members of the House are retired, with an average age over 60.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Executive">Executive</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_New_Hampshire&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Executive"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The executive branch consists of the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_Hampshire" title="Governor of New Hampshire">Governor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Executive_Council_of_New_Hampshire" title="Executive Council of New Hampshire">Executive Council</a>, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_New_Hampshire_state_agencies" title="List of New Hampshire state agencies">state agencies</a>. The executive branch implements and enforces the laws of the state. The Governor is the supreme executive and is afforded the title of <a href="/wiki/Excellency" title="Excellency">His or Her Excellency</a>, though the Constitution only provides for "His Excellency". </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_Hampshire" title="Governor of New Hampshire">Governor of New Hampshire</a> is <a href="/wiki/Chris_Sununu" title="Chris Sununu">Chris Sununu</a> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">(R)</a>. </p><p>Unlike most other states, the Governor shares executive power with the Executive Council, which the Governor chairs.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Governor and Executive Council must concur on state contracts over $5,000, high-level agency appointments, and <a href="/wiki/Pardons" class="mw-redirect" title="Pardons">pardons</a>. The Governor's <a href="/wiki/Veto" title="Veto">veto</a> power and command of the National Guard are not dependent on the Executive Council. The Governor and Councilors are elected to two-year terms. New Hampshire and <a href="/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont">Vermont</a> are the only states that still elect governors to two-year, rather than four-year, terms. Agency appointments are generally for terms of four or five years, which means that a New Hampshire governor is unable to form a new <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_(government)" title="Cabinet (government)">cabinet</a> when first taking office. </p><p>New Hampshire does not have a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Governor">Lieutenant Governor</a> as most states do. The Senate President serves as Acting Governor whenever the governor is out of the state or otherwise unable to perform the duties of the office. After the Senate President, the Speaker of the House, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State of New Hampshire">Secretary of State</a> and State Treasurer are next in line to serve as Acting Governor. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Judicial">Judicial</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_New_Hampshire&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Judicial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Courts_of_New_Hampshire" title="Courts of New Hampshire">Courts of New Hampshire</a></div> <p>The state's highest and the sole appellate court is the <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Supreme_Court" title="New Hampshire Supreme Court">New Hampshire Supreme Court</a>. The Chief Justice is the head of the judiciary and, with the other justices of the supreme court, oversees the judicial branch. New Hampshire has three additional courts and one division: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Superior_Court" title="New Hampshire Superior Court">Superior Court</a> is the court of general jurisdiction and the only which provides for jury trials in <a href="/wiki/Civil_law_(common_law)" title="Civil law (common law)">civil</a> and <a href="/wiki/Criminal_law" title="Criminal law">criminal</a> cases.</li> <li>The state's <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Probate_Court" title="New Hampshire Probate Court">Probate Court</a> has jurisdiction over <a href="/wiki/Trusts" class="mw-redirect" title="Trusts">trusts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Will_(law)" class="mw-redirect" title="Will (law)">wills</a> and <a href="/wiki/Estate_(law)" title="Estate (law)">estates</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adoption" title="Adoption">adoptions</a>, termination of parental rights, name changes, <a href="/wiki/Guardianship" class="mw-redirect" title="Guardianship">guardianship</a> of incapacitated persons, guardianship of minors, <a href="/wiki/Partition_(law)" title="Partition (law)">partition</a> of property and <a href="/wiki/Involuntary_commitment" title="Involuntary commitment">involuntary admissions</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_District_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="New Hampshire District Court">District Court</a> hears cases involving families, juveniles, minor crimes and <a href="/wiki/Infraction" class="mw-redirect" title="Infraction">violations</a>, and civil matters under $25,000.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Family_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="New Hampshire Family Division">Family Division</a> has jurisdiction over <a href="/wiki/Divorce" title="Divorce">divorce</a>, <a href="/wiki/Child_custody" title="Child custody">child custody</a>, <a href="/wiki/Child_support" title="Child support">child support</a>, <a href="/wiki/Domestic_violence" title="Domestic violence">domestic violence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guardianship" class="mw-redirect" title="Guardianship">guardianship</a> of minors, termination of parental rights, abuse/neglect, children in need of services (CHINS), <a href="/wiki/Juvenile_delinquency" title="Juvenile delinquency">juvenile delinquency</a>, and some <a href="/wiki/Adoption" title="Adoption">adoptions</a> in <a href="/wiki/Belknap_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Belknap County, New Hampshire">Belknap</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Carroll County, New Hampshire">Carroll</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coos_County,_New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Coos County, New Hampshire">Coos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grafton_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Grafton County, New Hampshire">Grafton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Merrimack_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Merrimack County, New Hampshire">Merrimack</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rockingham_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Rockingham County, New Hampshire">Rockingham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Strafford_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Strafford County, New Hampshire">Strafford</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sullivan_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Sullivan County, New Hampshire">Sullivan</a> Counties. In the future, the Family Division will expand to <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Hillsborough County, New Hampshire">Hillsborough</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cheshire_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Cheshire County, New Hampshire">Cheshire</a> counties. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.courts.state.nh.us/fdpp/index.htm">[1]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_parties">Political parties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_New_Hampshire&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Political parties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Registration">Registration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_New_Hampshire&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Registration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a> are the only official parties, for which the state lets a voter register, holds a <a href="/wiki/Partisan_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="Partisan primary">primary election</a>, and gives a column on the general-election ballot. Minor parties must poll 4% in a statewide or Congressional election to become official parties, and they lose that designation if they cease to poll 4%. The <a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian Party</a> had official party status from 1990 to 1994, and again from 2016 to 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A voter who is registered in an official political party cannot vote in a different party's primary election. Voters registered as "<a href="/wiki/Independent_(voter)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (voter)">independent</a>" can vote in any party's primary, but would be automatically registered as a member of that party. The voter can change registration at the polls after voting, and can also change registration in periodic meetings of a town's Supervisors of the Checklist or at the City Clerk's office. These rules are designed to impede the casting of a cross-over vote for a different party, which may have the goal of sabotaging its nomination. Registering in a party constrains a voter's choice of ballot, but demonstrates support for the chosen party, and is a prerequisite to being a candidate of that party. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primary_elections">Primary elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_New_Hampshire&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Primary elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The famous <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="New Hampshire primary">New Hampshire primary</a> is summarized in the article on <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire#New_Hampshire_primary" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a>. </p><p>Nominations for all other partisan offices are decided in a separate <a href="/wiki/Partisan_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="Partisan primary">primary election</a> held in September of election years. In Presidential election cycles, this is the second primary election held in New Hampshire. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_government">Local government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_New_Hampshire&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:New_Hampshire_municipalities.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/New_Hampshire_municipalities.png/220px-New_Hampshire_municipalities.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="415" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/New_Hampshire_municipalities.png/330px-New_Hampshire_municipalities.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/New_Hampshire_municipalities.png/440px-New_Hampshire_municipalities.png 2x" data-file-width="677" data-file-height="1277" /></a><figcaption>New Hampshire's 234 local governments and 25 unincorporated areas are organized into ten counties.</figcaption></figure><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_New_Hampshire" title="Local government in New Hampshire">Local government in New Hampshire</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Municipalities">Municipalities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_New_Hampshire&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipalities of New Hampshire">Municipalities of New Hampshire</a></div> <p>New Hampshire comprises 13 <a href="/wiki/Cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Cities">cities</a> and 221 <a href="/wiki/Town" title="Town">towns</a>, plus 25 unincorporated places.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These governments conform to <a href="/wiki/Dillon%27s_Rule" class="mw-redirect" title="Dillon's Rule">Dillon's Rule</a>; that is, they are creatures of the state whose powers are limited to those expressly granted to them by law (<a href="/wiki/NH_RSA_Title_III" title="NH RSA Title III">NH RSA Title III</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Municipalities also have powers necessarily implied by those express powers, and those essential to the local government's existence, but this authority is narrowly construed, in contrast to the practice in most of New England. For statistics on New Hampshire municipalities and comparisons to municipalities elsewhere in New England, see <a href="/wiki/New_England_town" title="New England town">New England town</a>. </p><p>Cities are governed by Boards of <a href="/wiki/Aldermen" class="mw-redirect" title="Aldermen">Aldermen</a> (in <a href="/wiki/Manchester,_New_Hampshire" title="Manchester, New Hampshire">Manchester</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nashua,_New_Hampshire" title="Nashua, New Hampshire">Nashua</a>) or <a href="/wiki/City_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="City Council">City Councils</a> (all other cities). </p><p>In towns, the executive power is the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Selectmen" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of Selectmen">Board of Selectmen</a>, except that some towns, especially larger ones, are governed by a <a href="/wiki/Town_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Town Council">Town Council</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Town_Meeting#New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Town Meeting">Town Meeting</a> is effectively the municipal legislature, of which every registered voter is a member.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Town Meeting approves, amends, or rejects the items on the <a href="/wiki/Warrant_(town_meeting)" class="mw-redirect" title="Warrant (town meeting)">warrant</a>, which must be published in advance. Articles can be placed on the warrant by the town's executive board or by citizen petition. </p><p>Town Meeting meets annually, normally on the second Tuesday in March, to set the year's budget. Special Town Meetings can be called to deal with urgent transactions. The municipal election, which selects town officers for the coming year and may approve changes to local law such as the <a href="/wiki/Zoning" title="Zoning">zoning</a> ordinance, is thought of as a session of the Town Meeting. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Government_by_referendum_(SB_2)"><span id="Government_by_referendum_.28SB_2.29"></span>Government by referendum (SB 2)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_New_Hampshire&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Government by referendum (SB 2)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Town_meeting#Official_ballot_referenda_(SB_2)" title="Town meeting">Town meeting § Official ballot referenda (SB 2)</a></div> <p>Since 1995, a town may elect to govern itself by <a href="/wiki/Town_Meeting#New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Town Meeting">Official Ballot Referenda</a>. This procedure is known as SB 2. In such towns, Town Meeting is a "deliberative" session that decides the wording of each warrant article; the binding decision is taken by secret ballot at the same time that the officers for the next year are elected. A three-fifths majority is required to adopt or to drop the SB 2 procedure. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="School_districts">School districts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_New_Hampshire&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: School districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>School districts are separate from municipalities and, if governed by a Town Meeting, have a separate budget and agenda and an elected <a href="/wiki/Moderator_(town_official)" title="Moderator (town official)">moderator</a>, who may be different from the municipal moderator. </p><p>A school district can be governed by Official Ballot Referenda just as a town can. </p><p>Towns often combine into School Administrative Units (SAUs), at least for the management of <a href="/wiki/High_schools" class="mw-redirect" title="High schools">high schools</a> and sometimes for all the schools. If a town is a member of an SAU but operates its own <a href="/wiki/Elementary_school" class="mw-redirect" title="Elementary school">elementary school</a>, voters have a say in both organizations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Counties">Counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_New_Hampshire&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Counties of New Hampshire">Counties of New Hampshire</a></div> <p>New Hampshire is divided into 10 <a href="/wiki/County" title="County">counties</a>. Counties have a <a href="/wiki/Sheriff" title="Sheriff">sheriff</a>'s department for rural law enforcement and a <a href="/wiki/Jail" class="mw-redirect" title="Jail">jail</a>, and may have a <a href="/wiki/Nursing_home" title="Nursing home">nursing home</a>, an extension service for farmers, social services, and other services. In the smaller towns and unincorporated places, the county may provide services that are usually municipal, such as health inspection of restaurants. </p><p>The legislature of a county is the County Convention, a single chamber consisting of the "delegation" of all the state representatives elected from that county.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county's executive power is an elected Board of Commissioners. </p><p>From time to time, it is proposed that county government be abolished and its functions transferred to the state or to municipalities.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Funding">Funding</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_New_Hampshire&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Funding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All of the above local governments are funded primarily by a <a href="/wiki/Property_tax" title="Property tax">property tax</a>. The government budget, as voted by the county legislature, the Board of Aldermen or City Council, or the town or school-district town meeting, is divided into the assessed value of all property in the respective region, so that each property owner pays a share based on the property value.<sup id="cite_ref-ASB_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ASB-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some or all of the tax is waived for certain types of property (for example, through religious, educational, and charitable exemptions) and for certain classes of taxpayer (such as the poor, elderly, and veterans). Large parcels are assessed on their <a href="/wiki/Current_use" title="Current use">current use</a> rather than their "best and highest use" if the owner cedes development rights. A property owner receives a tax bill that breaks out <a href="/wiki/Property_tax" title="Property tax">millage</a> rates that apply to the following: </p> <ul><li>The municipality.</li> <li>Any precinct subject to a higher tax to fund local projects.</li> <li>The school district(s).</li> <li>The county.</li> <li>A statewide property tax. New Hampshire instituted this tax in 2002, in response to court-ordered statewide equalization of education funding (see <a href="#State_constitution">Claremont suits</a>). The tax, which was lower than the amount previously assessed by school districts, is in theory returned to the school districts, though adjustments by the state legislature create "donor towns" and "recipient towns."</li></ul> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Real_estate_appraisal" title="Real estate appraisal">appraisal</a> of a property directly affects the property tax. The state requires town-wide reappraisal at least every five years, typically conducted by professional consultants, to ensure that the valuations follow changes in the real estate market and the general price of real estate.<sup id="cite_ref-ASB_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ASB-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A property owner may challenge a reassessment. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Budget">Budget</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_New_Hampshire&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Budget"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>New Hampshire's operating budget is set on a two-year basis, the latest period, July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009, being FY (Fiscal Year) 2008 and FY2009. The FY2008 summary is as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="float:right; text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Category </th> <th>Expenditures </th></tr> <tr> <td>Health and social services </td> <td>$1,878,467,014 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Education </td> <td>$1,458,949,429 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Transportation </td> <td>$554,362,042 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Administration of justice and public protection </td> <td>$497,656,860 </td></tr> <tr> <td>General government </td> <td>$489,197,174 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Resource protection and development </td> <td>$232,532,423 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <th>$5,111,164,942 </th></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Source </th> <th>Revenue </th></tr> <tr> <td>Federal Funds </td> <td>$1,478,263,227 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other Funds </td> <td>$1,694,862,406 </td></tr> <tr> <td>General Fund </td> <td>$1,563,832,988 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Highway Funds </td> <td>$276,455,391 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Turnpikes Funds </td> <td>$76,575,234 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Fish and Game funds </td> <td>$12,364,494 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sweepstakes Funds </td> <td>$8,811,202 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <th>$5,111,164,942 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Taxation">Taxation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_New_Hampshire&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Taxation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>New Hampshire does not have a general income tax nor a general sales tax like many other U.S. states. It does have the following taxes:<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/State_income_tax" title="State income tax">Interest & Dividends Tax</a><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> - 4% for tax year 2023, set to drop 1% each subsequent year until repealed</li> <li>Inheritance and Estate Tax</li> <li>Business Profits Tax</li> <li>Business Enterprise Tax - 0.75%<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> - an <a href="/wiki/Income_tax" title="Income tax">income tax</a> on <a href="/wiki/Sole_proprietors" class="mw-redirect" title="Sole proprietors">sole proprietors</a></li> <li>Communications Services Tax</li> <li>Electricity Consumption Tax</li> <li>Meals and Rentals Tax - 8.5% <a href="/wiki/Sales_tax" title="Sales tax">sales tax</a> on meals, vehicle rentals, and hotel rooms<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Tobacco Tax</li> <li>Real Estate Transfer Tax</li> <li>Timber Tax</li> <li>Gravel Tax</li> <li>State Education Property Tax</li> <li>Utility Property Tax</li> <li>Local Property Tax</li> <li>Fuel Tax</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_New_Hampshire&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nh.gov/">NH.gov</a>, official state website</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_New_Hampshire&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_New_Hampshire.svg/32px-Flag_of_New_Hampshire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_New_Hampshire.svg/48px-Flag_of_New_Hampshire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_New_Hampshire.svg/64px-Flag_of_New_Hampshire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="660" data-file-height="440" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:New_Hampshire" title="Portal:New Hampshire">New Hampshire portal</a></span></li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Claremont School Dist. v. 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title="New Hampshire General Court">General Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Supreme_Court" title="New Hampshire Supreme Court">Supreme Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_New_Hampshire" title="United States congressional delegations from New Hampshire">Delegations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_New_Hampshire" title="Elections in New Hampshire">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_New_Hampshire_state_symbols" title="List of New Hampshire state symbols">Symbols</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain" title="Old Man of the Mountain">Old Man of the Mountain</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in New Hampshire">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_New_Hampshire" title="Category:Tourist attractions in New Hampshire">Tourist attractions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dartmouth%E2%80%93Lake_Sunapee_Region" title="Dartmouth–Lake Sunapee Region">Dartmouth–Lake Sunapee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_North_Woods_Region_(New_Hampshire)" title="Great North Woods Region (New Hampshire)">Great North Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakes_Region_(New_Hampshire)" title="Lakes Region (New Hampshire)">Lakes Region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merrimack_Valley" title="Merrimack Valley">Merrimack Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monadnock_Region" title="Monadnock Region">Monadnock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seacoast_Region_(New_Hampshire)" title="Seacoast Region (New Hampshire)">Seacoast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_Mountains_Region" title="White Mountains Region">White Mountains</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_New_Hampshire" title="List of counties in New Hampshire">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belknap_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Belknap County, New Hampshire">Belknap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Carroll County, New Hampshire">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Cheshire County, New Hampshire">Cheshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Co%C3%B6s_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Coös County, New Hampshire">Coös</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grafton_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Grafton County, New Hampshire">Grafton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Hillsborough County, New Hampshire">Hillsborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merrimack_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Merrimack County, New Hampshire">Merrimack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockingham_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Rockingham County, New Hampshire">Rockingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strafford_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Strafford County, New Hampshire">Strafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sullivan_County,_New_Hampshire" title="Sullivan County, New Hampshire">Sullivan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities and towns in New Hampshire">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berlin,_New_Hampshire" title="Berlin, New Hampshire">Berlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claremont,_New_Hampshire" title="Claremont, New Hampshire">Claremont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concord,_New_Hampshire" title="Concord, New Hampshire">Concord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dover,_New_Hampshire" title="Dover, New Hampshire">Dover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin,_New_Hampshire" title="Franklin, New Hampshire">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keene,_New_Hampshire" title="Keene, New Hampshire">Keene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laconia,_New_Hampshire" title="Laconia, New Hampshire">Laconia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon,_New_Hampshire" title="Lebanon, New Hampshire">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester,_New_Hampshire" title="Manchester, New Hampshire">Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashua,_New_Hampshire" title="Nashua, New Hampshire">Nashua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_New_Hampshire" title="Portsmouth, New Hampshire">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochester,_New_Hampshire" title="Rochester, New Hampshire">Rochester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somersworth,_New_Hampshire" title="Somersworth, New Hampshire">Somersworth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities and towns in New Hampshire">Towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acworth,_New_Hampshire" title="Acworth, New Hampshire">Acworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albany,_New_Hampshire" title="Albany, New Hampshire">Albany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_New_Hampshire" title="Alexandria, New Hampshire">Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allenstown,_New_Hampshire" title="Allenstown, New Hampshire">Allenstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alstead,_New_Hampshire" title="Alstead, New Hampshire">Alstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alton,_New_Hampshire" title="Alton, New Hampshire">Alton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amherst,_New_Hampshire" title="Amherst, New Hampshire">Amherst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andover,_New_Hampshire" title="Andover, New Hampshire">Andover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antrim,_New_Hampshire" title="Antrim, New Hampshire">Antrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashland,_New_Hampshire" title="Ashland, New Hampshire">Ashland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atkinson,_New_Hampshire" title="Atkinson, New Hampshire">Atkinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auburn,_New_Hampshire" title="Auburn, New Hampshire">Auburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnstead,_New_Hampshire" title="Barnstead, New Hampshire">Barnstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrington,_New_Hampshire" title="Barrington, New Hampshire">Barrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bartlett,_New_Hampshire" title="Bartlett, New Hampshire">Bartlett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bath,_New_Hampshire" title="Bath, New Hampshire">Bath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford,_New_Hampshire" title="Bedford, New Hampshire">Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belmont,_New_Hampshire" title="Belmont, New Hampshire">Belmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennington,_New_Hampshire" title="Bennington, New Hampshire">Bennington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benton,_New_Hampshire" title="Benton, New Hampshire">Benton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethlehem,_New_Hampshire" title="Bethlehem, New Hampshire">Bethlehem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boscawen,_New_Hampshire" title="Boscawen, New Hampshire">Boscawen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bow,_New_Hampshire" title="Bow, New Hampshire">Bow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradford,_New_Hampshire" title="Bradford, New Hampshire">Bradford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentwood,_New_Hampshire" title="Brentwood, New Hampshire">Brentwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgewater,_New_Hampshire" title="Bridgewater, New Hampshire">Bridgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol,_New_Hampshire" title="Bristol, New Hampshire">Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brookfield,_New_Hampshire" title="Brookfield, New Hampshire">Brookfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brookline,_New_Hampshire" title="Brookline, New Hampshire">Brookline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campton,_New_Hampshire" title="Campton, New Hampshire">Campton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canaan,_New_Hampshire" title="Canaan, New Hampshire">Canaan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candia,_New_Hampshire" title="Candia, New Hampshire">Candia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canterbury,_New_Hampshire" title="Canterbury, New Hampshire">Canterbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll,_New_Hampshire" title="Carroll, New Hampshire">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Center_Harbor,_New_Hampshire" title="Center Harbor, New Hampshire">Center Harbor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlestown,_New_Hampshire" title="Charlestown, New Hampshire">Charlestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chatham,_New_Hampshire" title="Chatham, New Hampshire">Chatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester,_New_Hampshire" title="Chester, New Hampshire">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield,_New_Hampshire" title="Chesterfield, New Hampshire">Chesterfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chichester,_New_Hampshire" title="Chichester, New Hampshire">Chichester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarksville,_New_Hampshire" title="Clarksville, New Hampshire">Clarksville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colebrook,_New_Hampshire" title="Colebrook, New Hampshire">Colebrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia,_New_Hampshire" title="Columbia, New Hampshire">Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conway,_New_Hampshire" title="Conway, New Hampshire">Conway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornish,_New_Hampshire" title="Cornish, New Hampshire">Cornish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croydon,_New_Hampshire" title="Croydon, New Hampshire">Croydon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalton,_New_Hampshire" title="Dalton, New Hampshire">Dalton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danbury,_New_Hampshire" title="Danbury, New Hampshire">Danbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danville,_New_Hampshire" title="Danville, New Hampshire">Danville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deerfield,_New_Hampshire" title="Deerfield, New Hampshire">Deerfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deering,_New_Hampshire" title="Deering, New Hampshire">Deering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derry,_New_Hampshire" title="Derry, New Hampshire">Derry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorchester,_New_Hampshire" title="Dorchester, New Hampshire">Dorchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dublin,_New_Hampshire" title="Dublin, New Hampshire">Dublin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dummer,_New_Hampshire" title="Dummer, New Hampshire">Dummer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunbarton,_New_Hampshire" title="Dunbarton, New Hampshire">Dunbarton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham,_New_Hampshire" title="Durham, New Hampshire">Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Kingston,_New_Hampshire" title="East Kingston, New Hampshire">East Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easton,_New_Hampshire" title="Easton, New Hampshire">Easton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eaton,_New_Hampshire" title="Eaton, New Hampshire">Eaton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Effingham,_New_Hampshire" title="Effingham, New Hampshire">Effingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellsworth,_New_Hampshire" title="Ellsworth, New Hampshire">Ellsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enfield,_New_Hampshire" title="Enfield, New Hampshire">Enfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epping,_New_Hampshire" title="Epping, New Hampshire">Epping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epsom,_New_Hampshire" title="Epsom, New Hampshire">Epsom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Errol,_New_Hampshire" title="Errol, New Hampshire">Errol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exeter,_New_Hampshire" title="Exeter, New Hampshire">Exeter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farmington,_New_Hampshire" title="Farmington, New Hampshire">Farmington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fitzwilliam,_New_Hampshire" title="Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire">Fitzwilliam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francestown,_New_Hampshire" title="Francestown, New Hampshire">Francestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franconia,_New_Hampshire" title="Franconia, New Hampshire">Franconia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom,_New_Hampshire" title="Freedom, New Hampshire">Freedom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fremont,_New_Hampshire" title="Fremont, New Hampshire">Fremont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilford,_New_Hampshire" title="Gilford, New Hampshire">Gilford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilmanton,_New_Hampshire" title="Gilmanton, New Hampshire">Gilmanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilsum,_New_Hampshire" title="Gilsum, New Hampshire">Gilsum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goffstown,_New_Hampshire" title="Goffstown, New Hampshire">Goffstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorham,_New_Hampshire" title="Gorham, New Hampshire">Gorham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goshen,_New_Hampshire" title="Goshen, New Hampshire">Goshen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grafton,_New_Hampshire" title="Grafton, New Hampshire">Grafton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grantham,_New_Hampshire" title="Grantham, New Hampshire">Grantham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenfield,_New_Hampshire" title="Greenfield, New Hampshire">Greenfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenland,_New_Hampshire" title="Greenland, New Hampshire">Greenland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenville,_New_Hampshire" title="Greenville, New Hampshire">Greenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Groton,_New_Hampshire" title="Groton, New Hampshire">Groton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampstead,_New_Hampshire" title="Hampstead, New Hampshire">Hampstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton,_New_Hampshire" title="Hampton, New Hampshire">Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton_Falls,_New_Hampshire" title="Hampton Falls, New Hampshire">Hampton Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hancock,_New_Hampshire" title="Hancock, New Hampshire">Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanover,_New_Hampshire" title="Hanover, New Hampshire">Hanover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisville,_New_Hampshire" title="Harrisville, New Hampshire">Harrisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hart%27s_Location,_New_Hampshire" title="Hart's Location, New Hampshire">Hart's Location</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haverhill,_New_Hampshire" title="Haverhill, New Hampshire">Haverhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hebron,_New_Hampshire" title="Hebron, New Hampshire">Hebron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henniker,_New_Hampshire" title="Henniker, New Hampshire">Henniker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill,_New_Hampshire" title="Hill, New Hampshire">Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillsborough,_New_Hampshire" title="Hillsborough, New Hampshire">Hillsborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinsdale,_New_Hampshire" title="Hinsdale, New Hampshire">Hinsdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holderness,_New_Hampshire" title="Holderness, New Hampshire">Holderness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hollis,_New_Hampshire" title="Hollis, New Hampshire">Hollis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hooksett,_New_Hampshire" title="Hooksett, New Hampshire">Hooksett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopkinton,_New_Hampshire" title="Hopkinton, New Hampshire">Hopkinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hudson,_New_Hampshire" title="Hudson, New Hampshire">Hudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson,_New_Hampshire" title="Jackson, New Hampshire">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaffrey,_New_Hampshire" title="Jaffrey, New Hampshire">Jaffrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson,_New_Hampshire" title="Jefferson, New Hampshire">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington,_New_Hampshire" title="Kensington, New Hampshire">Kensington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston,_New_Hampshire" title="Kingston, New Hampshire">Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_New_Hampshire" title="Lancaster, New Hampshire">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landaff,_New_Hampshire" title="Landaff, New Hampshire">Landaff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langdon,_New_Hampshire" title="Langdon, New Hampshire">Langdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee,_New_Hampshire" title="Lee, New Hampshire">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lempster,_New_Hampshire" title="Lempster, New Hampshire">Lempster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_New_Hampshire" title="Lincoln, New Hampshire">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisbon,_New_Hampshire" title="Lisbon, New Hampshire">Lisbon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Litchfield,_New_Hampshire" title="Litchfield, New Hampshire">Litchfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Littleton,_New_Hampshire" title="Littleton, New Hampshire">Littleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Londonderry,_New_Hampshire" title="Londonderry, New Hampshire">Londonderry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loudon,_New_Hampshire" title="Loudon, New Hampshire">Loudon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyman,_New_Hampshire" title="Lyman, New Hampshire">Lyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyme,_New_Hampshire" title="Lyme, New Hampshire">Lyme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyndeborough,_New_Hampshire" title="Lyndeborough, New Hampshire">Lyndeborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madbury,_New_Hampshire" title="Madbury, New Hampshire">Madbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison,_New_Hampshire" title="Madison, New Hampshire">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlborough,_New_Hampshire" title="Marlborough, New Hampshire">Marlborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlow,_New_Hampshire" title="Marlow, New Hampshire">Marlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mason,_New_Hampshire" title="Mason, New Hampshire">Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meredith,_New_Hampshire" title="Meredith, New Hampshire">Meredith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merrimack,_New_Hampshire" title="Merrimack, New Hampshire">Merrimack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middleton,_New_Hampshire" title="Middleton, New Hampshire">Middleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milan,_New_Hampshire" title="Milan, New Hampshire">Milan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milford,_New_Hampshire" title="Milford, New Hampshire">Milford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton,_New_Hampshire" title="Milton, New Hampshire">Milton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe,_New_Hampshire" title="Monroe, New Hampshire">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mont_Vernon,_New_Hampshire" title="Mont Vernon, New Hampshire">Mont Vernon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moultonborough,_New_Hampshire" title="Moultonborough, New Hampshire">Moultonborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson,_New_Hampshire" title="Nelson, New Hampshire">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Boston,_New_Hampshire" title="New Boston, New Hampshire">New Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newbury,_New_Hampshire" title="Newbury, New Hampshire">Newbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Castle,_New_Hampshire" title="New Castle, New Hampshire">New Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Durham,_New_Hampshire" title="New Durham, New Hampshire">New Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newfields,_New_Hampshire" title="Newfields, New Hampshire">Newfields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hampton,_New_Hampshire" title="New Hampton, New Hampshire">New Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newington,_New_Hampshire" title="Newington, New Hampshire">Newington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Ipswich,_New_Hampshire" title="New Ipswich, New Hampshire">New Ipswich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_London,_New_Hampshire" title="New London, New Hampshire">New London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newmarket,_New_Hampshire" title="Newmarket, New Hampshire">Newmarket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport,_New_Hampshire" title="Newport, New Hampshire">Newport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton,_New_Hampshire" title="Newton, New Hampshire">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northfield,_New_Hampshire" title="Northfield, New Hampshire">Northfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Hampton,_New_Hampshire" title="North Hampton, New Hampshire">North Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northumberland,_New_Hampshire" title="Northumberland, New Hampshire">Northumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwood,_New_Hampshire" title="Northwood, New Hampshire">Northwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottingham,_New_Hampshire" title="Nottingham, New Hampshire">Nottingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange,_New_Hampshire" title="Orange, New Hampshire">Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orford,_New_Hampshire" title="Orford, New Hampshire">Orford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ossipee,_New_Hampshire" title="Ossipee, New Hampshire">Ossipee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pelham,_New_Hampshire" title="Pelham, New Hampshire">Pelham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pembroke,_New_Hampshire" title="Pembroke, New Hampshire">Pembroke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterborough,_New_Hampshire" title="Peterborough, New Hampshire">Peterborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piermont,_New_Hampshire" title="Piermont, New Hampshire">Piermont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburg,_New_Hampshire" title="Pittsburg, New Hampshire">Pittsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsfield,_New_Hampshire" title="Pittsfield, New Hampshire">Pittsfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plainfield,_New_Hampshire" title="Plainfield, New Hampshire">Plainfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plaistow,_New_Hampshire" title="Plaistow, New Hampshire">Plaistow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth,_New_Hampshire" title="Plymouth, New Hampshire">Plymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randolph,_New_Hampshire" title="Randolph, New Hampshire">Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond,_New_Hampshire" title="Raymond, New Hampshire">Raymond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_New_Hampshire" title="Richmond, New Hampshire">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rindge,_New_Hampshire" title="Rindge, New Hampshire">Rindge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rollinsford,_New_Hampshire" title="Rollinsford, New Hampshire">Rollinsford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roxbury,_New_Hampshire" title="Roxbury, New Hampshire">Roxbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rumney,_New_Hampshire" title="Rumney, New Hampshire">Rumney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rye,_New_Hampshire" title="Rye, New Hampshire">Rye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salem,_New_Hampshire" title="Salem, New Hampshire">Salem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_New_Hampshire" title="Salisbury, New Hampshire">Salisbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanbornton,_New_Hampshire" title="Sanbornton, New Hampshire">Sanbornton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandown,_New_Hampshire" title="Sandown, New Hampshire">Sandown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandwich,_New_Hampshire" title="Sandwich, New Hampshire">Sandwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seabrook,_New_Hampshire" title="Seabrook, New Hampshire">Seabrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharon,_New_Hampshire" title="Sharon, New Hampshire">Sharon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelburne,_New_Hampshire" title="Shelburne, New Hampshire">Shelburne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Hampton,_New_Hampshire" title="South Hampton, New Hampshire">South Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springfield,_New_Hampshire" title="Springfield, New Hampshire">Springfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stark,_New_Hampshire" title="Stark, New Hampshire">Stark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stewartstown,_New_Hampshire" title="Stewartstown, New Hampshire">Stewartstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoddard,_New_Hampshire" title="Stoddard, New Hampshire">Stoddard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strafford,_New_Hampshire" title="Strafford, New Hampshire">Strafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stratford,_New_Hampshire" title="Stratford, New Hampshire">Stratford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stratham,_New_Hampshire" title="Stratham, New Hampshire">Stratham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_Hill,_New_Hampshire" title="Sugar Hill, New Hampshire">Sugar Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sullivan,_New_Hampshire" title="Sullivan, New Hampshire">Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunapee,_New_Hampshire" title="Sunapee, New Hampshire">Sunapee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surry,_New_Hampshire" title="Surry, New Hampshire">Surry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton,_New_Hampshire" title="Sutton, New Hampshire">Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swanzey,_New_Hampshire" title="Swanzey, New Hampshire">Swanzey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamworth,_New_Hampshire" title="Tamworth, New Hampshire">Tamworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple,_New_Hampshire" title="Temple, New Hampshire">Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thornton,_New_Hampshire" title="Thornton, New Hampshire">Thornton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tilton,_New_Hampshire" title="Tilton, New Hampshire">Tilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy,_New_Hampshire" title="Troy, New Hampshire">Troy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuftonboro,_New_Hampshire" title="Tuftonboro, New Hampshire">Tuftonboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unity,_New_Hampshire" title="Unity, New Hampshire">Unity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wakefield,_New_Hampshire" title="Wakefield, New Hampshire">Wakefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walpole,_New_Hampshire" title="Walpole, New Hampshire">Walpole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warner,_New_Hampshire" title="Warner, New Hampshire">Warner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren,_New_Hampshire" title="Warren, New Hampshire">Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington,_New_Hampshire" title="Washington, New Hampshire">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterville_Valley,_New_Hampshire" title="Waterville Valley, New Hampshire">Waterville Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weare,_New_Hampshire" title="Weare, New Hampshire">Weare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Webster,_New_Hampshire" title="Webster, New Hampshire">Webster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wentworth,_New_Hampshire" title="Wentworth, New Hampshire">Wentworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westmoreland,_New_Hampshire" title="Westmoreland, New Hampshire">Westmoreland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitefield,_New_Hampshire" title="Whitefield, New Hampshire">Whitefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilmot,_New_Hampshire" title="Wilmot, New Hampshire">Wilmot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilton,_New_Hampshire" title="Wilton, New Hampshire">Wilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winchester,_New_Hampshire" title="Winchester, New Hampshire">Winchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windham,_New_Hampshire" title="Windham, New Hampshire">Windham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windsor,_New_Hampshire" title="Windsor, New Hampshire">Windsor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfeboro,_New_Hampshire" title="Wolfeboro, New Hampshire">Wolfeboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodstock,_New_Hampshire" title="Woodstock, New Hampshire">Woodstock</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Townships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atkinson_and_Gilmanton_Academy_Grant,_New_Hampshire" title="Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant, New Hampshire">Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bean%27s_Grant,_New_Hampshire" title="Bean's Grant, New Hampshire">Bean's Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bean%27s_Purchase,_New_Hampshire" title="Bean's Purchase, New Hampshire">Bean's Purchase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_New_Hampshire" title="Cambridge, New 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