CHAPTER 82
HB 1223 - FINAL VERSION
2016 SESSION
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HOUSE BILL\t1223
AN ACT\trelative to changes of address on election day.
SPONSORS:\tRep. Gray, Straf. 8
COMMITTEE:\tElection Law
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill modifies the procedure for changing a voter's address on election day.
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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\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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 changes of address on election day.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t82:1 Change of Address; Election Day. Amend RSA 659:13, I(a) to read as follows:
\t\tI.(a) A person desiring to vote shall, before being admitted to the enclosed space within the guardrail, announce his or her name and address to one of the ballot clerks who shall, if the name is found on the checklist by the ballot clerk, repeat the name and address. If the address announced by voter is different from what appears on the checklist, but is in the same town or ward, the ballot clerk shall [correct] record the change of address in red on the paper checklist and the supervisors of the checklist shall cause the centralized voter registration database to reflect the [correction] change.
\t82:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 19, 2016
Effective Date: July 18, 2016