CHAPTER 62

HB 1157 - FINAL VERSION

2022 SESSION

22-2430

11/08

HOUSE BILL 1157

AN ACT relative to electronic ballot counting devices.

SPONSORS: Rep. Torosian, Rock. 14; Rep. Janigian, Rock. 8

COMMITTEE: Election Law

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ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits electronic ballot counting devices from being connected to the Internet.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2430

11/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT relative to electronic ballot counting devices.

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

62:1  New Paragraph; Electronic Ballot Counting Devices; Rules; Internet Access.  Amend RSA 656:42 by inserting after paragraph IX the following new paragraph:

X.  No electronic ballot counting device shall have access to or be connected to the Internet.

62:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 20, 2022

Effective Date: July 19, 2022