Bill Text - HB1528 (2010)

Relative to observing voter check-in.


Revision: Dec. 10, 2009, midnight

HB 1528 – AS INTRODUCED

2010 SESSION

10-2389

03/04

HOUSE BILL 1528

AN ACT relative to observing voter check-in.

SPONSORS: Rep. Pierce, Graf 9

COMMITTEE: Election Law

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits standing or sitting within 6 feet of the ballot clerk to observe voter check-in without the permission of the moderator.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

10-2389

03/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten

AN ACT relative to observing voter check-in.

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

1 New Section; Observing Voter Check-In. Amend RSA 659 by inserting after section 13 the following new section:

659:13-a Observing Voter Check-In. No person not authorized by law may stand or sit within 6 feet of the ballot clerk for purposes of observing the check-in of voters without the express permission of the moderator.

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