HB501 (2006) Detail

(New Title) relative to citizenship and domicile affidavits.


HB 501 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

04Jan2006… 0207h

2005 SESSION

05-0415

03/09

HOUSE BILL 501

AN ACT relative to citizenship and domicile affidavits.

SPONSORS: Rep. Slocum, Hills 6; Rep. Soltani, Merr 8; Rep. Boyce, Belk 5; Rep. Sorg, Graf 3; Rep. Hopfgarten, Rock 5

COMMITTEE: Election Law

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill declares that information provided in a citizenship or domicile affidavit must be accurate for the resulting vote to be valid.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

04Jan2006… 0207h

05-0415

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five

AN ACT relative to citizenship and domicile affidavits.

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

1 New Paragraph; Voter Registration; Determining Qualifications of Applicant; Affidavits. Amend RSA 654:12 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:

III. All information establishing the qualification of the affiant to vote that is provided in a citizenship affidavit or a domicile affidavit presented under this section must be accurate for the resulting vote to be valid.

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