Bill Text - HB265 (2013)

Relative to procedures by absentee voters.


Revision: Jan. 16, 2013, midnight

HB 265 – AS INTRODUCED

2013 SESSION

13-0050

03/01

HOUSE BILL 265

AN ACT relative to procedures by absentee voters.

SPONSORS: Rep. F. Rice, Rock 21; Rep. J. Belanger, Hills 27; Rep. Emerick, Rock 21

COMMITTEE: Election Law

ANALYSIS

This bill allows an absentee voter to have another person deliver his or her marked ballot to the city or town clerk.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

13-0050

03/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT relative to procedures by absentee voters.

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

1 Absentee Voting; Procedure by Voter. Amend RSA 657:17 to read as follows:

657:17 Procedure by Voter. After marking the ballot, the voter or the person assisting a blind voter shall enclose and seal the same in an inner envelope. The voter shall execute the affidavit. The voter or the person assisting the blind voter shall enclose and seal the inner envelope with the affidavit in an outer envelope. The voter shall then endorse on the outer envelope his or her name, address, and voting place and shall mail the envelope, affixing postage, or personally deliver it or have it delivered by a person chosen by the voter to the city or town clerk from whom it was sent.

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