HB 1383  - AS INTRODUCED

2022 SESSION

22-2535

11/10

HOUSE BILL 1383

AN ACT relative to electronic copies of absentee ballot lists.

SPONSORS: Rep. Berry, Hills. 44

COMMITTEE: Election Law

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ANALYSIS

This bill requires that absentee ballot lists be provided to requesting parties within one business 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2535

11/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT relative to electronic copies of absentee ballot lists.

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

1  Absentee Ballot Lists; Electronic Copies.  Amend RSA 657:15, II to read as follows:

II.  Candidates whose names appear on the ballot and persons bearing notarized requests or copies of notarized requests from candidates whose names appear on the ballot may obtain a list of absentee voter applicants from the clerk, excluding voters who have presented to the supervisors of the checklist valid protective orders pursuant to RSA 173-B.  If requested this list shall be supplied electronically from the information in the statewide centralized voter registration database.  If an electronic copy exists, it shall be provided without charge in accordance with RSA 91-A, provided that notwithstanding RSA 91-A:4 such copy shall be provided within one business day of the request.

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