HB 228 - AS INTRODUCED
2015 SESSION
03/01
HOUSE BILL 228
AN ACT relative to showing or specially marking a ballot.
SPONSORS: Rep. Rideout, Coos 7; Rep. Tamburello, Rock 5; Rep. Burt, Hills 39; Rep.?Richardson, Coos 4; Rep. Hoell, Merr 23
This bill repeals the prohibition on showing or specially marking a ballot.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15-0039
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT relative to showing or specially marking a ballot.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Reference Deleted. Amend RSA 658:29 to read as follows:
658:29 Statutes Posted. The secretary of state shall prepare and distribute copies of the following RSA sections which the selectmen shall post or cause to be posted outside the guardrail in the polling place at all elections: RSA 654:7-a, RSA 654:7-b; RSA 659:13, RSA 659:13-b, RSA 659:27, RSA 659:30, RSA 659:31, RSA 659:32, RSA 659:34, [RSA 659:35,] RSA 659:37, RSA 659:38, RSA?659:40, RSA 659:41, RSA 659:103; RSA 666:4, RSA 666:5, RSA 666:8. In addition, the secretary of state shall include any other statutes or regulations that are required to be posted by state or federal law. The secretary of state may also include statutes or regulations that, in the secretary of state's judgment, would aid a voter in casting a vote or in contacting the appropriate official if the voter believes that his or her voting rights are being violated.
2 Reference Changed. Amend RSA 659:45 to read as follows:
659:45 General Provisions. It shall be the responsibility of the moderator to report any violation occurring under RSA 659:34 through RSA 659:44 to the attorney general. All fines imposed under RSA [659:35] 659:36 through RSA 659:44 shall be paid to the county in which the offense was committed. All penalties assessed under RSA 659:34 shall be paid to the secretary of state for deposit into the general fund.
3 Repeal. RSA 659:35, relative to showing or specially marking ballot, is repealed.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2016.