Revision: May 28, 2019, 3:11 p.m.
HB 146 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
14Feb2019... 0049h
05/02/2019 1629s
2019 SESSION
19-0081
11/05
HOUSE BILL 146
AN ACT relative to the counting of defective ballots.
SPONSORS: Rep. Belanger, Hills. 27; Rep. Beaulieu, Hills. 45; Sen. Gray, Dist 6
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires that a ballot shall be counted in any municipal vote if the intent of the voter can be determined, regardless of whether the voter followed any voting instructions issued prior to the vote.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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05/02/2019 1629s 19-0081
11/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to the counting of defective ballots.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Conduct of Voting; Intent of the Voter. Amend RSA 40 by inserting after section 4-f the following new section:
40:4-g Intent of the Voter. In any vote conducted pursuant to this chapter, every ballot shall be counted if the intent of the voter can be determined, regardless of whether the voter followed any instructions relative to marking the ballot provided before the vote.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.