Bill Text: NH HB1348 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Governing the application for a ballot recount in a state general election.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2024-05-22 - Refer to Interim Study, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 05/22/2024; Senate Journal 14 [HB1348 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2024-HB1348-Introduced.html
HB 1348 - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-2190
08/10
HOUSE BILL 1348
SPONSORS: Rep. Weyler, Rock. 14; Rep. Ammon, Hills. 42; Rep. Erf, Hills. 28; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23
COMMITTEE: Election Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill negates election results at polling places at which total ballot counts exceed the total number of registered voters.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2190
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Negation of Elections. Amend RSA 659 by inserting after section 65 the following new section:
659:65-a Negation of Elections. In any polling place where the moderator reports a total ballot count which exceeds the number of registered voters in the town or ward, including voters registered on the day of the election, shall have the election result negated and not counted in any other affected totals including state or federal offices.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.