Bill Text - HB614 (2009)

Relative to domicile of students for voting purposes.


Revision: March 26, 2009, midnight

HB 614 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

24Mar2009… 0728h

2009 SESSION

09-0291

03/09

HOUSE BILL 614

AN ACT relative to domicile of students for voting purposes.

SPONSORS: Rep. Pierce, Graf 9; Rep. Nordgren, Graf 9; Rep. Benn, Graf 9; Rep. Weed, Ches 3; Rep. M. Smith, Straf 7; Sen. Houde, Dist 5

COMMITTEE: Election Law

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill authorizes a student at an institution of learning to claim domicile for voting purposes in the town or city in which he or she lives while attending the institution of learning.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24Mar2009… 0728h

09-0291

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine

AN ACT relative to domicile of students for voting purposes.

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

1 New Paragraph; Voters and Checklists; Eligibility; Domicile; Students. Amend RSA 654:1 by inserting after paragraph I the following new paragraph:

I-a. A student of any institution of learning may lawfully claim domicile for voting purposes in the New Hampshire town or city in which he or she lives while attending such institution of learning if such student’s claim of domicile otherwise meets the requirements of RSA 654:1, I.

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