Bill Text: NH HB1223 | 2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Relative to changes of address on election day.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-05-23 - Signed by Governor Hassan 05/19/2016; Chapter 82; Eff. 7/18/2016 [HB1223 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB1223-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 82

HB 1223 - FINAL VERSION

 

2016 SESSION

16-2117

03/01

 

HOUSE BILL 1223

 

AN ACT relative to changes of address on election day.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Gray, Straf. 8

 

COMMITTEE: Election Law

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill modifies the procedure for changing a voter's address on election day.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2117

03/01

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

 

AN ACT relative to changes of address on election day.

 

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

 

82:1  Change of Address; Election Day.  Amend RSA 659:13, I(a) to read as follows:

I.(a)  A person desiring to vote shall, before being admitted to the enclosed space within the guardrail, announce his or her name and address to one of the ballot clerks who shall, if the name is found on the checklist by the ballot clerk, repeat the name and address.  If the address announced by voter is different from what appears on the checklist, but is in the same town or ward, the ballot clerk shall [correct] record the change of address in red on the paper checklist and the supervisors of the checklist shall cause the centralized voter registration database to reflect the [correction] change.

82:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 19, 2016

Effective Date: July 18, 2016