HB 1772-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2018 SESSION
18-2289
03/06
HOUSE BILL 1772-FN
AN ACT permitting online voting registration.
SPONSORS: Rep. W. Pearson, Ches. 16; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21
COMMITTEE: Election Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill authorizes online voter registration.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2289
03/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT permitting online voting registration.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Online Voter Registration. Amend RSA 654 by inserting after section 7-c the following new section:
654:7-d Online Voter Registration. The secretary of state shall create and maintain a online portal allowing a person to complete a voter registration online. The secretary of state shall transmit the registration to the appropriate supervisors of the checklist. The online voter registration shall use the person's signature from the department of safety, division of motor vehicles, and the director of the division of motor vehicles shall make appropriate provisions to facilitate the electronic transfer of the image of the signature to the statewide centralized voter registration database. If the person's signature is not found using the online voter registration form, the person shall be so informed and given the option to print the voter registration form and mail or personally deliver the signed form to the supervisors of the checklist. The supervisors of the checklist shall certify the receipt of each completed voter registration form and shall notify the person of the disposition of the form. Nothing in this section shall be construed to change any registration deadline or qualification of voting.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
18-2289
11/28/17
HB 1772-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT permitting online voting registration.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ X ] Local [ ] None
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STATE: | FY 2019 | FY 2020 | FY 2021 | FY 2022 |
Appropriation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase |
Funding Source: | [ X ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ X ] Other - HAVA Funds | |||
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Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable |
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of State makes the following assumptions concerning the fiscal impact of this bill:
Based on the assumptions, the Department has identified and estimated the following costs.
Costs Identified | FY 2018 | FY 2019 | FY 2020 | FY 2021 | FY 2022 |
Estimated number of on-line applicants and address changes. | - | 2,000 | 12,000 | 5,000 | 12,000 |
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Additional HAVA staff time to mail, track and cleanse data. | $0 | $120,000 | $50,000 | $7,000 | $60,000 |
Interface enabling transmission of photographed documents - Mobile Option. | $0 | $50,000 | $20,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 |
State Project Manager. | $40,000 | $100,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Software Programming, Support and Maintenance. | $150,000 | $140,000 | $25,000 | $25,000 | $25,000 |
Secure Services, Other Equipment, Operating Systems, Secure Socket Layer Digital Signatures and Interfaces. | $0 | $70,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 |
On-line voter registration interface with ElectioNet system. | $60,000 | $75,000 | $15,000 | $15,000 | $15,000 |
HAVA/SOS Software Oversight, Specifications, Training and Testing | $0 | $120,000 | $40,000 | $35,000 | $30,000 |
Additional in-house SOS labor costs of vetting increased affidavits triggered by the bill. | $0 | $7,200 | $3,000 | $7,200 | $3,000 |
Total : | $250,000 | $682,200 | $163,000 | $109,200 | $153,000 |
In addition, the Department indicates there would be additional indeterminable costs for follow-up letters, costs for rejected mail and any charges from the Departments of Safety and Justice.
The Department of Safety indicates the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV), the DMV VISION System vendor and the Department of Information Technology would need to work closely to provide the signature data electronically to the statewide centralized voter registration system. An electronic interface between the DMV and the Secretary of State would need to be created to transfer the images of signatures on file. The Department states the cost to create such an interface is indeterminable at this time.
The New Hampshire Municipal Association assumes enabling citizens to register online may reduce the number of citizens who register at the municipal clerk’s office, at sessions held by the supervisors of the checklist and at polls on election day. This may result in less staff time devoted to voter registration at the clerk’s office, but the difference is unlikely to be large enough to reduce staffing needs. The Association indicates the sessions for supervisors would continue as they are required by law. The Association states it is not possible to estimate the impact on municipal expenditures. There would be no impact on municipal revenues.
The Department of Justice anticipates it would have to provide legal counsel to the Secretary of State relating to implementation of the online voter registration system and could do so within its current budget.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Departments of State, Justice and Safety and New Hampshire Municipal Association
Date | Body | Type |
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Jan. 25, 2018 | House | Hearing |
Feb. 13, 2018 | House | Exec Session |
House | Floor Vote | |
March 6, 2018 | House | Floor Vote |
March 15, 2018 | House | Floor Vote |
March 15, 2018: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 179-128 03/15/2018 HJ 8 P. 62
: Special Order to 3/15/2018 Without Objection HJ 7 P. 49
March 6, 2018: Suspend House Rule 65 (Reps. Hinch, Shurtleff): MA VV by necessary two-thirds vote 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 125
: Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0598h (NT)
March 6, 2018: Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate for 03/06/2018 (Vote 11-9; RC) HC 9 P. 67
: Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate (Vote 11-9; RC)
Feb. 13, 2018: Executive Session: 02/13/2018 11:00 AM LOB 308
Jan. 25, 2018: Public Hearing: 01/25/2018 02:00 PM LOB 308
Jan. 3, 2018: Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Election Law HJ 1 P. 23