Revision: Jan. 22, 2009, midnight
HB 513 – AS INTRODUCED
2009 SESSION
03/09
HOUSE BILL 513
AN ACT relative to the prohibition on voting in more than one state.
This bill clarifies the prohibition on voting in more than one state.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
09-0792
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT relative to the prohibition on voting in more than one state.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Voting in More Than One State Prohibited. Amend RSA 659:34-a, I to read as follows:
I. A person is guilty of a class B felony if, at any election, such person knowingly checks in at the checklist and casts a New Hampshire ballot on which one or more federal or statewide offices or statewide questions are listed if the person also casts a ballot in the same election year in any election held in any other state or territory of the United States where one or more federal or statewide offices or statewide questions are listed, unless such person legitimately moved his or her domicile to New Hampshire from the other state or territory between the dates when the elections were held. For federal or statewide offices and statewide questions, neither the candidates nor the questions need be the same in both jurisdictions for a violation to occur. The titles for offices need not be identical, but must serve an equivalent role in government, for a violation to occur.
2 Voting in More Than One State Prohibited. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 659:34-a, II to read as follows:
II. Two or more elections occur [with] in the same election year if:
3 Repeal. RSA 659:34-a, IV, relative to defense to voting in more than one state, is repealed.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.