Bill Text - HB411 (2011)

Relative to distributing campaign materials at the polling place.


Revision: Jan. 25, 2011, midnight

HB 411 – AS INTRODUCED

2011 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 411

AN ACT relative to distributing campaign materials at the polling place.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hikel, Hills 7

COMMITTEE: Election Law

ANALYSIS

This bill specifies the dimensions of the corridor in which distributing campaign materials is prohibited at the polling place.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT relative to distributing campaign materials at the polling place.

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

1 Distributing Campaign Materials at Polling Place. Amend RSA 659:43, II to read as follows:

II. No person who is a candidate for office or who is representing or working for a candidate shall distribute any campaign materials or perform any electioneering activities or any activity which affects the safety, welfare, and rights of voters within a corridor 10 feet wide and extending a distance of 10 feet from the entrance door of the building [as determined by the moderator] where the election is being held.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2012.