SB 280 – VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
2014 SESSION
03/08
SENATE BILL 280
AN ACT relative to absentee voters.
SPONSORS: Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Rep. Fields, Belk 4
COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs
This bill requires the ballot clerk to notify the moderator if an absentee voter attempts to vote in person.
This bill was requested by the department of state.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
14-2719
03/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT relative to absentee voters.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Absentee Voter Not to Vote in Person. Amend RSA 659:55 to read as follows:
659:55 Absentee Voter Not to Vote in Person. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a red ink “A.V.” is properly placed against the name of a voter who has voted by absentee ballot, that voter against whose name the red ink “A.V.” has been properly placed and who has voted by absentee ballot shall not be permitted to vote in person. The ballot clerk shall notify the moderator if a voter appears at the polling place on election day to vote and that voter’s name has been marked as voting absentee on the checklist.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.