Revision: Jan. 27, 2017, 9:10 a.m.
HB 464 - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
17-0579
03/05
HOUSE BILL 464
AN ACT relative to voter identification requirements when obtaining a ballot.
SPONSORS: Rep. Bates, Rock. 7; Rep. Phinney, Straf. 24
COMMITTEE: Election Law
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This bill repeals the authority of election officials to vouch for the identity of voters or to accept any photo identification they determine to be legitimate.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17-0579
03/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT relative to voter identification requirements when obtaining a ballot.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Repeal. The following are repealed:
I. RSA 659:13, II(a)(7), relative to photo identification determined to be legitimate by an election official.
II. RSA 659:13, II(b), relative to verification of a person's identity by an election official.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.