Revision: March 7, 2019, 11:14 a.m.
HB 593 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
7Mar2019... 0473h
2019 SESSION
19-0667
11/05
HOUSE BILL 593
AN ACT relative to updating official voter checklists.
SPONSORS: Rep. Gay, Rock. 8; Rep. McBride, Rock. 8
COMMITTEE: Election Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill outlines procedures that supervisors of the checklist must follow when they receive informal reports that a voter has died or has changed address.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
7Mar2019... 0473h 19-0667
11/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to updating official voter checklists.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Sections; Unofficial Reports of Death. Amend RSA 654 by inserting after section 37 the following new sections:
654:37-a Unofficial Reports of Death. If the supervisors of the checklist learn of the death of a voter but do not receive notice as outlined in RSA 654:37, they shall mail to the last known address of the voter a 30-day letter specifically for updating the checklist upon the death of a voter. Such letter shall include the contact information for the supervisors' of the checklist to which a response may be sent. If there is no response within 30 days, the supervisors will remove that voter’s name from the checklist. If there is a response confirming the death within 30 days, the supervisors may remove the voter’s name upon receipt of the confirmation of death.
2 Voters and Checklists; Removing Names from the Checklist; Notice Required. Amend RSA 654:44, II to read as follows:
II. The provisions of this section do not apply to the removal of the names of persons for whom the supervisors have received a report of transfer or death as provided in RSA 654:36, [or] 654:37, or 654:37-a, nor to the removal of names during the period for verification of the checklist as provided in RSA 654:38 or 654:39, nor to the removal of names of persons for whom they have received a notice from a duly authorized board of registration from a community outside New Hampshire stating that a person whose name is on the checklist of the town or ward in New Hampshire has registered to vote outside New Hampshire.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.