SB422 (2020) Compare Changes


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1 Voters and Checklists; Change of Registration. Amend RSA 654:34, III to read as follows:

III. Notwithstanding any provision of paragraphs I and II to the contrary, no person who has voted in a primary may thereafter on the day of said primary change the person's party registration, unless, prior to voting in the primary, the person was registered as an undeclared voter, in which case the person may once again register as an undeclared voter, as provided in subparagraph II(b) .

2 Voters and Checklists; Change of Registration. Amend RSA 654:34, V(a) to read as follows:

V.(a) At any primary, the supervisors of the checklist shall make available within the polling place a card or list of undeclared voters from the statewide centralized voter registration database to enable a voter who was registered as an undeclared voter but who changed registration on the day of the primary in order to vote as a registered member of a party to change registration so that the voter is registered once again as an undeclared voter. The card or list shall be in substantially the following form:

Name: ___

(Print)

Address:_______



I hereby request that my political party be changed as follows:

From: Democrat * , or Republican * , or (name of any party determined by the secretary of state to have achieved official status under RSA 652:11) * *

To: Undeclared * *

Signed under the pains and penalties of perjury.


Date__

3 New Paragraph; Voters and Checklists; Change of Registration. Amend RSA 654:34 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:

VI. Party change cards completed pursuant to paragraph V shall be confidential and shall be exempt from public disclosure under RSA 91-A.

4 Voters and Checklists; Application to Town or City Clerk; Changes to be Forwarded. Amend RSA 654:34-a, III to read as follows:

III. No application for a change of party affiliation shall be accepted on the day of a primary election, except as provided in RSA 654:34, I and II .

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

Changed Version

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1 Voters and Checklists; Change of Registration. Amend RSA 654:34, III to read as follows:

III. Any person who has voted in a primary may thereafter on the day of said primary change the person's party registration by completing a party change card pursuant to paragraph V, provided that no change will be made to the database by the supervisors until authorized by subparagraph V(b) .

2 Voters and Checklists; Change of Registration. Amend RSA 654:34, V(a) to read as follows:

V.(a) At any primary, the supervisors of the checklist shall make available within the polling place a card or list of voters from the statewide centralized voter registration database to enable a voter to change registration . The card or list shall be in substantially the following form:

Name: ___

(Print)

Address:_______



Date of Birth:__

I hereby request that my political party be changed as follows:

From: Democrat , or (name of any party determined by the secretary of state to have achieved official status under RSA 652:11) , or Republican , or Undeclared and II -III .

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