Sullivan County Town Meeting Season Under Way; Grantham Sets March 10 Meeting

Grantham voters are scheduled to meet for their Annual Meeting on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, according to the town’s official warrant; the warrant text available to reporters includes the fragment “Grantham’s official warrant and town‑meeting notice confirm the town’s Annual Meeting on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, with polls open (ballot vot” and is incomplete on whether that line references a ballot vote or polling times. Town‑meeting season is under way across New Hampshire, and for many Sullivan County towns the key voting date falls in early March.

State law and municipal calendars set the filing and posting framework that will determine when residents can review warrants and ballot language. RSA 654:27 and RSA 669:5 require a notice posted in two appropriate places, one of which must be the town’s internet website, if such exists, or publication in a newspaper of general circulation at least seven days prior to the session. The NHMA Traditional March Town Meeting calendar placed procedural deadlines earlier in the year: Jan. 15, 2026 was the last day to hold a first public hearing on zoning or building-code proposals if a second hearing was expected, and Feb. 3, 2026 was the last day for the official copy of a final proposal to be placed on file at the town clerk’s office.

Towns in Sullivan County may hold traditional meetings or ballot-vote meetings known informally as SB 2, and state law also allows a representative town meeting under RSA 49-D:3 (paragraph III). The option a town chooses affects whether deliberation takes place in open session or primarily via a ballot, but the supplied notices do not specify which meeting format each Sullivan County town will use; only Grantham’s March 10 date is explicitly provided in the materials reviewed.

The Sullivan County Election Commission page lists county election dates separate from March town meetings, noting “MAY 6, 2026 ELECTION INFORMATION” and a “May 5, 2026 Early Voting Schedule.” The commission identifies Booher as “State Certified Administrator of Elections” and reminds voters “To determine if you are registered and your address is current click here” and that “Whereas, on Election Day you must vote at your assigned voting location.” The county office is located in the Sullivan County Offices Building at the corner of Highway 126 and Blountville Blvd.

Local operational notices for the town of Sullivan provide concrete actions residents have taken this winter: the Supervisors of the Checklist met at the Sullivan Public Library on Tuesday, Jan. 20 from 7:00pm to 7:30pm to accept additions and corrections to the checklist, with instructions to “Bring proof of residency, citizenship and a photo ID. Proof of Citizenship must be a birth certificate.” Joint School and Town Budget Hearings were held at the Sullivan Town Hall on Monday, Feb. 2 beginning at 7:00pm. The town also moved future postings to a Meetings and Public Hearings page and lists Town Hall hours Tuesday through Thursday from 10:00am until 2:00pm, Selectmen's Meetings every other Tuesday beginning March 25, 2025 at 6:30pm, and Town Clerk evening hours from 6:00pm to 8:00pm.

The record assembled here establishes where warrants and final proposals are legally required to appear — on town websites or in a newspaper at least seven days before sessions and on file at town clerks by Feb. 3, 2026 — but gaps remain in the public record supplied: the full, untruncated Grantham warrant language about “polls open” was not present, and no other Sullivan County towns’ March meeting dates were included. Voters seeking complete warrants, ballot articles and polling times should consult their town clerk’s office and the town’s posted Meetings and Public Hearings page, and watch the Sullivan County Election Commission materials for separate May election and early voting schedules.