SB 26 – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
01/18/06 0395s
2005 SESSION
03/09
SENATE BILL 26
This bill requires a voter to present photographic identification or have his or her identity verified by an election official to obtain a ballot.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01/18/06 0395s
05-1030
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five
AN ACT requiring identification to obtain a ballot.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Obtaining a Ballot; Identification Required. Amend RSA 659:13 to read as follows:
659:13 Obtaining a Ballot. A person desiring to vote shall, before being admitted to the enclosed space within the guardrail, announce his or her name to one of the ballot clerks who shall thereupon repeat the name; and, if the name is found on the checklist by the ballot clerk, the ballot clerk shall put a checkmark beside it and again repeat the name. The ballot clerk shall state the address listed on the checklist for the voter, and ask if the address is correct; if the address on the checklist is not correct, the ballot clerk shall correct the address in red on the checklist. The ballot clerk shall then require that the person desiring to vote either furnish a driver’s license or other form of photographic identification verifying the person’s identity and residence or have his or her identity and residence personally verified by an election official. The voter, if still qualified to vote in the town or ward and unless challenged as provided for in RSA 659:27-33, or unless failing to present the required identification, shall then be allowed to enter the space enclosed by the guardrail. After the voter enters the enclosed space, the ballot clerk shall give the voter one of each ballot to be voted on in that election which shall be folded as it was upon receipt from the secretary of state.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.