CHAPTER 177

HB 1476 – FINAL VERSION

2010 SESSION

10-2305

03/09

HOUSE BILL 1476

AN ACT relative to periodic verification of the checklist.

SPONSORS: Rep. Bates, Rock 4; Rep. Splaine, Rock 16; Rep. Horrigan, Straf 7; Rep. Perry, Straf 3; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Houde, Dist 5

COMMITTEE: Election Law

ANALYSIS

This bill changes which elections are used to deem a voter reregistered during the 10-year verification of the checklist.

This bill is a request of the department of state.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

10-2305

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten

AN ACT relative to periodic verification of the checklist.

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

177:1 Verification Every 10 Years; Reregistration. Amend RSA 654:39, IV to read as follows:

IV. For the purpose of this section, a person shall be deemed reregistered and need not appear before the supervisors if:

(a) The person voted in [either of the 2 previous state general elections] any election within the 4 years immediately preceding a 10-year verification; or

(b) The person [voted in the annual town election in the year of a 10-year verification or, if in a city, the most recent regular city election held prior to the verification] has been added to the checklist since the last state general election.

177:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 21, 2010

Effective Date: August 20, 2010