HB362 (2005) Detail

Relative to statutes to be posted at polling places.


CHPATER 111

HB 362 – FINAL VERSION

2005 SESSION

05-0766

03/10

HOUSE BILL 362

AN ACT relative to statutes to be posted at polling places.

SPONSORS: Rep. Dorsett, Graf 8; Rep. Drisko, Hills 5; Rep. Reeves, Hills 8

COMMITTEE: Election Law

ANALYSIS

This bill modifies the list of statutes that must be posted outside the guardrail in polling places.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

05-0766

03/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five

AN ACT relative to statutes to be posted at polling places.

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

111:1 Election Day Morning Procedures; Statutes Posted. Amend RSA 658:29 to read as follows:

658:29 Statutes Posted. The secretary of state shall prepare and distribute copies of the following RSA sections which the selectmen shall post or cause to be posted outside the guardrail in the polling place at all elections: RSA 654:7-a, RSA 654:7-b[, RSA 654:38, RSA 654:39; RSA 658:29]; RSA 659:27, RSA 659:30, RSA 659:31, RSA 659:32, RSA 659:34, RSA 659:35, RSA 659:37, RSA 659:38, RSA 659:40, RSA 659:41, RSA 659:103; [RSA 665:17;] RSA 666:4, RSA 666:5, RSA 666:8[, RSA 666:12]. In addition, the secretary of state shall include any other statutes or regulations that are required to be posted by state or federal law. The secretary of state may also include statutes or regulations that, in the secretary of state’s judgment, would aid a voter in casting a vote or in contacting the appropriate official if the voter believes that his or her voting rights are being violated.

111:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: June 15, 2005)

(Effective Date: August 14, 2005)