CHAPTER 62
HB 1220 - FINAL VERSION
2016 SESSION
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HOUSE BILL\t1220
AN ACT\trelative to disqualification of election officers.
SPONSORS:\tRep. Gray, Straf. 8
COMMITTEE:\tElection Law
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill clarifies the implications of the disqualification of an election officer.
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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.
\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to disqualification of election officers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t62:1 Disqualification of Certain Persons Amend RSA 658:24 to read as follows:
\t658:24 Disqualification of Certain Persons. Any person, other than a moderator, clerk, selectman, inspector of election, or supervisor of the checklist, whose name appears on a ballot for an elective position, other than a position of an election official, shall be disqualified from performing duties as an election official in that election. [A person so disqualified shall not be considered to have vacated any office but rather only to be absent therefrom. A temporary replacement shall be appointed as provided in RSA 658:22.] A moderator, clerk, selectman, inspector of election, or supervisor of the checklist whose name appears on a ballot for an elective position, other than the position of an election official, shall be disqualified from the handling of marked ballots and the counting of votes.
\t62:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 5, 2016
Effective Date: July 4, 2016