Revision: June 23, 2017, 9:14 a.m.
HB 247 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
04/27/2017 1435s
22Jun2017... 2255CofC
2017 SESSION
17-0491
03/01
HOUSE BILL 247
AN ACT relative to retention of voter registration forms.
SPONSORS: Rep. Hoelzel, Rock. 3; Rep. J. Belanger, Hills. 27; Rep. Dean-Bailey, Rock. 32; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23
COMMITTEE: Election Law
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This bill requires that voter registration forms and other records relating to voter registration be retained securely in a municipal office under the direction of the town or city clerk.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
04/27/2017 1435s
22Jun2017... 2255-CofC 17-0491
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT relative to retention of voter registration forms.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Retention of Voter Registration Forms. Amend RSA 654 by inserting after section 13 the following new section:
654:13-a Retention of Voter Registration Forms. All voter registration forms and other records relating to voter registration shall be retained securely in a municipal office under the direction of the town or city clerk. Those forms and records shall be readily accessible to the supervisors of the checklist. Any voter registration document submitted at a meeting of the supervisors of the checklist or at the polling place shall be filed at the office of the town or city clerk within 10 days of the meeting or election at which it was submitted.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.