Bill Text: NH HB472 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced

New Hampshire House Bill 472

Introduced

Bill Title: Requiring voters to prove domicile.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 10-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-13 - Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Election Law House Journal 3 [HB472 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2025-HB472-Introduced.html

HB 472 - AS INTRODUCED

2025 SESSION

25-0728

08/06

HOUSE BILL 472

AN ACT requiring voters to prove domicile.

SPONSORS: Rep. Potenza, Straf. 19; Rep. Ankarberg, Straf. 7; Rep. Bailey, Straf. 2; Rep. Berry, Hills. 44; Rep. Burnham, Straf. 2; Rep. Kuttab, Rock. 17; Rep. Litchfield, Rock. 32; Rep. McGrath, Rock. 40; Rep. Wherry, Hills. 13; Rep. J. Aron, Sull. 4; Sen. McGough, Dist 11

COMMITTEE: Election Law

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ANALYSIS

This bill requires the supervisor of the checklist to review proof of a voter's domicile before the voter is allowed to vote.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

25-0728

08/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

AN ACT requiring voters to prove domicile.

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

1 Proof of Domicile. RSA 659:13, I(c) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

(c)(1) If the voter does not have proof of residency/domicile consisting of a utility bill, lease, deed, or similar documentation of the voter's domicile address, the ballot clerk shall direct the voter to see the supervisor of the checklist.

(2) The supervisor of the checklist shall review the voter's qualifications and determine if the voter's proof of residency or domicile is valid.

(3) If the supervisor of the checklist determines that the voter's qualifications and identity are established, the voter shall be allowed to vote. If the supervisor of the checklist determines that the voter's qualifications and identity have not been established, the voter shall not be allowed to vote. A voter not allowed to vote as a result of the determination of the supervisor of the checklist may take an immediate appeal to the superior court as provided in RSA 654:12, V.

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