Revision: March 8, 2016, midnight
\t \t\tHB 1377 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
\t16-2634
\t06/04
HOUSE BILL\t1377
AN ACT\trelative to receipt of absentee ballots.
SPONSORS:\tRep. Fields, Belk. 4; Rep. Gallagher, Belk. 4
COMMITTEE:\tElection Law
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill requires absentee ballots to be received by the town, city, or ward clerk no later than 5 p.m. on the day of the election.
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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\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
\t16-2634
\t06/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to receipt of absentee ballots.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 Absentee Voting; Procedure by Voter. Amend RSA 657:17 to read as follows:
\t657:17 Procedure by Voter. After marking the ballot, the voter or the person assisting a blind voter shall enclose and seal the same in an inner envelope. The voter shall execute the affidavit. The voter or the person assisting the blind voter shall enclose and seal the inner envelope with the affidavit in an outer envelope. The voter shall then endorse on the outer envelope his or her name, address, and voting place and shall mail the envelope, affixing postage, or personally deliver it or have it delivered by the voter's spouse, parent, sibling, or child to the city or town clerk from whom it was sent. The city or town clerk shall not accept an absentee ballot from a family member unless the family member completes a form provided by the secretary of state, which shall be maintained by the city or town clerk, and the family member presents a government-issued photo identification or has his or her identity verified by the city or town clerk. Absentee ballots delivered through the mail or by the voter's spouse, parent, sibling, or child shall be received by the town, city, or ward clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on the day of the election.
\t2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.