{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-45-2","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 45:2","heading":"Canvass; Notice.","body":"The city councils shall meet in convention on the day appointed by law or ordinance for that purpose, and the city clerk, having entered upon the record the number of votes given in each ward for every person voted for as mayor, shall lay before the convention the returns of such votes, and the convention shall examine the same and declare the person who has the largest number of votes to be elected mayor, and cause him to be notified of his election.","path":["Title III: TOWNS, CITIES, VILLAGE DISTRICTS, AND UNINCORPORATED PLACES","Chapter 45: MAYORS OF CITIES","Election"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/III/45/45-2.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:33:30Z","sha256":"68a90a98724966a85dd8e30764afc5d4c9dcf23fd70a995fd5bba215ca072c17","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-45-1","next":"us-nh/rsa-45-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}