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The ballots are available for viewing at the state archives.

Overall, Republican voters expressed more skepticism over the accuracy of elections, while fears of voter fraud in the state are lower than five years ago.

The new law will, for the first time, create affidavit ballots for New Hampshire elections — which could delay final results up to two weeks.

The GOP-backed measure would require new voters who register without proper identification to cast traceable ballots.

Sigmund Boganski, 77, cast a ballot in New Hampton, New Hampshire, on Nov. 8, 2016. He cast an absentee ballot in Arizona in the same election.

The commission will hold listening sessions across the state in the coming months, gathering input from citizens on how the state could improve transparency in the voting process.

The measure would require people who come to vote or same-day register to vote without certain documentation to use a different kind of ballot, and their votes would be voided if they didn’t mail in the missing documentation within 10 days of the election.

The House Election Law Committee unanimously voted against a bill that would have required all future elections in New Hampshire to be hand counted. Voters across the state also rejected similar mandates in town elections this week.

The activists behind the campaign to hand count all ballots contend, without proof, that the machines can be hacked or rigged — mirroring a broader movement to undermine the voting process in the wake of the 2020 election.

Greenland, N.H., will hold a special town meeting election Saturday, Dec. 18, to vote on the one ballot article.