{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-44-17","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 44:17","heading":"Recounts.","body":"If 25 legal voters of a city shall, before the expiration of 15 days from the date of an annual or biennial municipal meeting, apply in writing to the city clerk for a recount of the ballots cast at said meeting on a question affecting said city only, the clerk shall appoint a time for the recount not earlier than 7 days nor later than 10 days after the receipt of said application. The applicants for such recount shall pay to the city clerk for the use of the city a fee of $25. At the time appointed, the city council shall meet in convention and shall recount the ballots under such rules of procedure as they shall determine.","path":["Title III: TOWNS, CITIES, VILLAGE DISTRICTS, AND UNINCORPORATED PLACES","Chapter 44: CITIES AND WARDS","Local Elections"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/III/44/44-17.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:33:19Z","sha256":"dddb6911a26b662afb9f2c455d3fa01ea10c32aa94f4719cf2e55c2d9543c0c7","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-44-16","next":"us-nh/rsa-44-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}