HB 1545 – VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
04/17/14 1317s
2014 SESSION
03/05
HOUSE BILL 1545
AN ACT relative to voting booths.
SPONSORS: Rep. Hoelzel, Rock 3; Rep. Gray, Straf 8; Rep. Birdsell, Rock 13; Rep. J. Belanger, Hills 27; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17
This bill authorizes the use of portable voting booths set up in pods.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
04/17/14 1317s
14-2510
03/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT relative to voting booths.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Polling Place Arrangement; Voting Booths. Amend RSA 658:9 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
VI. In addition to or in lieu of voting booths described in paragraphs II, III, and IV, portable booths set up in pods of up to 4 voting stations may be used. Each pod shall meet the requirements of paragraph II except as described in this paragraph. Each voting station in the pod shall have 2 sides enclosed that are at least 32 inches long and meet at a right angle. A table top shall fit into the corner of the enclosed sides with the edges of the table top that contact the sides being at least 14 inches deep, and the edge of the table facing the voter no less than 25 inches in width. The third, open side of the voting station shall be enclosed by a curtain large enough, and designed in a way, to give the voter privacy.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.