Revision: Jan. 13, 2016, midnight
\t \t\tSB 418 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
\t16-2896
\t03/09
SENATE BILL\t418
AN ACT\trelative to obtaining a ballot to vote and adding National Guard members to the absentee voting laws.
SPONSORS:\tSen. Birdsell, Dist 19
COMMITTEE:\tPublic And Municipal Affairs
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill includes active service National Guard members in the definition of absent uniformed services voters. This bill also requires voters to enter the space enclosed by the guardrail prior to receiving a ballot.
\tThis bill was requested by the secretary of state.
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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\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
\t16-2896
\t03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to obtaining a ballot to vote and adding National Guard members to the absentee voting laws.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 Absent Uniformed Service Voters; National Guard. Amend RSA 652:16-c, I to read as follows:
\t\tI. Members of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and National Guard, the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, and all regular and reserve components thereof, while in active service.
\t2 Obtaining a Ballot. Amend RSA 659:13, I(b) to read as follows:
\t\t\t(b) The voter, if the ballot clerk determines that he or she is qualified to vote in the town or ward, and unless challenged as provided for in RSA 659:27 through 659:33, shall then be asked to present proof of his or her identity meeting the requirements of paragraph II. If the voter presents such proof of identity to the ballot clerk, the voter shall then be allowed to enter the space enclosed by the guardrail and the ballot clerk shall give the voter one of each ballot to be voted on in that election which shall be folded as it was upon receipt from the secretary of state. The ballot clerk shall also mark the checklist using a ruler or other straight edge to ensure accuracy of the mark in order to show that the voter obtained his or her ballot. If the photo identification is an out-of state driver's license or nondriver's identification card, the ballot clerk shall record the state of issuance on the checklist in accordance with uniform procedures developed by the secretary of state in a color designated for such entries and the supervisors of the checklist or designee shall submit the information to the secretary of state within 30 days of the election. [The voter shall then be allowed to enter the space enclosed by the guardrail to mark and cast his or her ballot.]
\t3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.