Bill Text: NH HB1220 | 2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Relative to disqualification of election officers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-05-09 - Signed by Governor Hassan 05/05/2016; Chapter 62; Eff. 7/4/2016 [HB1220 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB1220-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 62

HB 1220 - FINAL VERSION

 

2016 SESSION

16-2108

03/04

 

HOUSE BILL 1220

 

AN ACT relative to disqualification of election officers.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Gray, Straf. 8

 

COMMITTEE: Election Law

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill clarifies the implications of the disqualification of an election officer.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2108

03/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

 

AN ACT relative to disqualification of election officers.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

62:1  Disqualification of Certain Persons  Amend RSA 658:24 to read as follows:

658:24  Disqualification of Certain Persons.  Any person, other than a moderator, clerk, selectman, inspector of election, or supervisor of the checklist, whose name appears on a ballot for an elective position, other than a position of an election official, shall be disqualified from performing duties as an election official in that election.  [A person so disqualified shall not be considered to have vacated any office but rather only to be absent therefrom.  A temporary replacement shall be appointed as provided in RSA 658:22.]  A moderator, clerk, selectman, inspector of election, or supervisor of the checklist whose name appears on a ballot for an elective position, other than the position of an election official, shall be disqualified from the handling of marked ballots and the counting of votes.

62:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 5, 2016

Effective Date: July 4, 2016