CHAPTER 201
HB 1496-FN - FINAL VERSION
16Feb2022... 0634h
04/28/2022 1650s
2022 SESSION
22-2582
11/08
HOUSE BILL 1496-FN
SPONSORS: Rep. Love, Rock. 6
COMMITTEE: Election Law
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires political subdivisions to make voter checklists available in electronic form to any resident.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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04/28/2022 1650s 22-2582
11/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
201:1 Copies of Voter Checklist; Availability. Amend RSA 654:31, II to read as follows:
II. In towns and cities, the public checklist as corrected by the supervisors shall be open for the examination of any person at all times before the opening of a meeting or election at which the list is to be used. The supervisors of the checklist or city or town clerk shall furnish [one or more copies] a physical copy or an electronic copy of the most recent public checklist of their town or city to any person requesting such [copies] copy. If a person requests an electronic copy, the supervisors of the checklist, or the city or town clerk, shall notify the person requesting the copy of the electronic format options available from which the person requesting may choose. The supervisors of the checklist or city or town clerk may only provide checklist information for their town or city. The supervisors of the checklist or city or town clerk shall charge a fee of $25 for each copy of the public checklist for a town or ward. For public checklists containing more than 2,500 names, the supervisors of the checklist or city or town clerk shall charge a fee of $25, plus $0.50 per thousand names or portion thereof in excess of 2,500, plus any shipping costs. The supervisors of the checklist or city or town clerk may provide public checklist information on paper, computer disk, computer tape, electronic transfer, or any other form.
201:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 17, 2022
Effective Date: August 16, 2022