In Durham and other communities across New Hampshire, voters were encouraged to send in absentee ballots to cut down on crowding at the polls during the pandemic. But expanded absentee access is only in place because of the public health emergency. Annie Ropeik, NHPR Expanded absentee voting eligibility helped propel New Hampshire to a new voter turnout record in 2020, despite lots of uncertainty around how the pandemic would affect the election. Now, policymakers are split — largely along partisan lines — about what the future of absentee voting in New Hampshire should look like. Where do the rules on absentee voting stand now?