Revision: Dec. 14, 2011, midnight
HB 1354 – AS INTRODUCED
2012 SESSION
03/09
HOUSE BILL 1354
AN ACT relative to a person’s residence for voting and all other legal purposes.
SPONSORS: Rep. Bates, Rock 4; Rep. Bettencourt, Rock 4; Rep. Jasper, Hills 27; Rep. O’Brien, Hills 4; Rep. D. McGuire, Merr 8; Rep. Renzullo, Hills 27; Rep. Comerford, Rock 9; Sen. Barnes, Jr., Dist 17
This bill establishes that a claim of domicile for voting purposes shall be conclusive of residence for all other legal purposes.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12-2149
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT relative to a person’s residence for voting and all other legal purposes.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Voter, Office Holder; Claim of Domicile. Amend RSA 654:1, I to read as follows:
I. Every inhabitant of the state, having a single established domicile for voting purposes, being a citizen of the United States, of the age provided for in Article 11 of Part First of the Constitution of New Hampshire, shall have a right at any meeting or election, to vote in the town, ward, or unincorporated place in which he or she is domiciled. An inhabitant’s domicile for voting purposes is that one place where a person, more than any other place, has established a physical presence and manifests an intent to maintain a single continuous presence for domestic, social, and civil purposes relevant to participating in democratic self-government. A person has the right to change domicile at any time, however a mere intention to change domicile in the future does not, of itself, terminate an established domicile before the person actually moves. A person’s claim of domicile for voting purposes shall [not] be conclusive of the person’s residence for [any] all other legal [purpose] purposes.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.