SB115 (2011) Detail

Relative to observing voter check-in.


SB 115 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

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2011 SESSION

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03/10

SENATE BILL 115

AN ACT relative to observing voter check-in.

SPONSORS: Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Sen. Barnes, Jr., Dist 17; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Rep. Jasper, Hills 27; Rep. Duarte, Rock 1

COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill identifies persons who are exempt from the restrictions on observing voter check-in.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

1June2011… 1983h

11-1024

03/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT relative to observing voter check-in.

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

1 Observing Voter Check-In. Amend RSA 659:13-a to read as follows:

659:13-a Observing Voter Check-In. No person [not] other than an authorized challenger, an election official, or any other person 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.