HB 112 – AS INRODUCED
2007 SESSION
03/05
HOUSE BILL 112
This bill requires the voter to deposit the ballot into the ballot box.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
07-0071
03/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to the method of depositing a ballot.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Voting Procedure; Folding and Depositing Ballot. Amend RSA 659:23, I to read as follows:
I. Before leaving the voting booth, the voter shall fold [his] the ballot in the same way it was folded when received by [him] the voter and shall keep it folded so that the marks on it cannot be seen. [He] The voter shall then proceed to the checkout table and shall announce his or her name to the town clerk who shall repeat the name and place a mark beside it on [his] the checklist. The voter shall then present [his] the ballot with the official endorsement uppermost to the moderator [who shall then] and deposit the ballot in the ballot box.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.