Bill Text - HB1220 (2018)

Relative to valid identification to obtain a ballot.


Revision: Nov. 7, 2017, 2 p.m.

HB 1220 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2018 SESSION

18-2072

03/05

 

HOUSE BILL HB 1220

 

AN ACT relative to valid identification to obtain a ballot.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Freeman, Hills. 12

 

COMMITTEE: Election Law

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires that a driver's license used by a person under 70 years of age to obtain a ballot be current or expired less than 5 years.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2072

03/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to valid identification to obtain a ballot.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Obtaining a Ballot; Identification; Driver's License.  Amend RSA 659:13, II(a)(1) to read as follows:

(1)  A driver's license issued by any state or the federal government, provided that, if the voter is less than 70 years of age, the license shall have an expiration date that has not been exceeded by a period of more than 5 years.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.