Bill Text - HB145 (2019)

Relative to the counting of secret ballots.


Revision: Dec. 26, 2018, 3:57 p.m.

HB 145 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2019 SESSION

19-0080

06/08

 

HOUSE BILL 145

 

AN ACT relative to the counting of secret ballots.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Belanger, Hills. 27; Rep. Beaulieu, Hills. 45; Sen. Gray, Dist 6

 

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill provides that a ballot shall not be disregarded for failure to follow instructions if the voter's intent is clear.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19-0080

06/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT relative to the counting of secret ballots.

 

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

 

1  New Paragraph; Secret Ballot; Clear Intent.  Amend RSA 40:4-a by inserting after paragraph I the following new paragraph:

I-a.  In any vote conducted under paragraph I, every ballot shall be counted if the intent of the voter is clear, regardless of whether the voter followed instructions.

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