Bill Text - HB312 (2015)

Relative to registration of voters.


Revision: Dec. 16, 2015, midnight

HB 312 – AS INTRODUCED

2015 SESSION

15-0823

03/09

HOUSE BILL 312

AN ACT relative to registration of voters.

SPONSORS: Rep. Pitre, Straf 2

COMMITTEE: Election Law

ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a deed or lease as presumptive evidence of domicile for persons registering to vote.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

15-0823

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen

AN ACT relative to registration of voters.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Determining Qualifications of Applicant. Amend RSA 654:12, II(a) to read as follows:

(a) Any one of the following documents is presumptive evidence that the individual seeking to vote meets the domicile requirement, provided the document is currently valid, was issued to or in the name of the applicant, and shows the address the applicant claims as a domicile:

(1) New Hampshire driver’s license.

(2) New Hampshire vehicle registration.

(3) Armed services identification, or other photo identification issued by the United?States government.

(4) Deed or lease.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.