HB 1459 – VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
2014 SESSION
03/01
HOUSE BILL 1459
AN ACT relative to domicile for voting purposes during a temporary absence.
This bill provides that a person shall not be deemed to have lost a domicile by reason of absence or presence due to the employment of a spouse in the service of the United States.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
14-2213
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT relative to domicile for voting purposes during a temporary absence.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Voter Eligibility; Temporary Absence. Amend RSA 654:2 to read as follows:
654:2 Temporary Absence. A domicile for voting purposes acquired by any person in any town shall not be interrupted or lost by a temporary absence therefrom with the intention of returning thereto as his or her domicile. Domicile for the purpose of voting as defined in RSA 654:1, once existing, continues to exist until another such domicile is gained. Domicile for purposes of voting is a question of fact and intention. A voter can have only one domicile for these purposes. No person shall be deemed to have lost a domicile by reason of his or her presence or absence while the voter or his or her spouse is employed in the service of the United States; nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of the United States or of the high seas; nor while a teacher in or student of any seminary of learning; nor while confined in any public prison or other penal institution; nor while a patient or confined for any reason in any nursing, convalescent home or hospital, old folks or old age home, or like institution or private facility.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.