HB 1338 – AS INTRODUCED
2014 SESSION
03/04
HOUSE BILL 1338
AN ACT relative to appointment of inspectors of election by selectmen.
This bill requires that inspectors of election include undeclared voters if they are appointed by the selectmen because of failure of the political party committees to make the appointments.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
14-2555
03/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT relative to appointment of inspectors of election by selectmen.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Inspectors of Election; Appointment. Amend RSA 658:2 to read as follows:
658:2 Appointment. Each town and ward political committee of the 2 political parties which cast the largest number of votes for governor in the state at the last previous general election is authorized to appoint between September 15 and October 15 of each general election year 2 inspectors of election to act at each polling place. If the number of voters qualified to vote at a polling place shall exceed 2,000, said political committees may each appoint for such polling place one additional inspector for each 1,500 qualified voters or fraction thereof in excess of 2,000. The town and ward political committees may also appoint such additional inspectors, equally divided between said 2 political parties, as the moderator considers necessary for the efficient conduct of the election. On or before October 15, the chairmen of said political committees shall notify the appointees and the town or ward clerk and city clerk concerned as to appointments made under this authority. If any such appointments are not made by said political committees and proper notification thereof given on or before October 15, then the appointments shall be made by the selectmen of the town or ward in equal numbers from said 2 political parties and undeclared voters.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.