CHAPTER 55
HB 140 – FINAL VERSION
4Mar2015… 0355h
04/09/2015 1197s
2015 SESSION
03/09
HOUSE BILL 140
AN ACT relative to appointment of inspectors of election.
SPONSORS: Rep. Gray, Straf 8; Rep. Hoelzel, Rock 3
This bill modifies the procedure for appointing inspectors of election.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
4Mar2015… 0355h
04/09/2015 1197s
15-0078
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT relative to appointment of inspectors of election.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
55:1 Inspectors of Election; Appointment. Amend RSA 658:2 to read as follows:
658:2 Appointment. Each [town and ward] state political committee of the 2 political parties which [cast] received the largest number of votes cast for governor [in the state] at the last previous general election is authorized through their respective chairmen to appoint between May 15 and July 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] By April 15 of each general election year, the secretary of state shall provide a list to the chairman of each such state political committee of the number of inspectors of election that should be appointed for each town or ward. Each such state political committee may also appoint such equal number of additional inspectors[, equally divided between said 2 political parties,] as the moderator considers necessary for the efficient conduct of the election. On or before July 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 July 15, then the appointments shall be made by the selectmen of the town or ward in equal numbers from said 2 political parties.
55:2 Inspectors of Election; Alternates. Amend RSA 658:5 to read as follows:
658:5 Alternates. In making appointments of inspectors of elections as provided in RSA 658:2, [town and ward] political committees or, in the absence of such appointments by a political committee, the town and ward selectmen, in consultation with the moderator, may designate a list of alternates to the list of appointed inspectors, who shall meet the same qualifications as inspectors of elections[, to]. Alternates shall be called in numerical order to serve in case one or more of the principal appointees fails to accept the appointment or is otherwise unavailable to perform his or her duties.
55:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 2, 2015
Effective Date: August 1, 2015