Revision: June 17, 2021, 9:12 a.m.
June 17, 2021
2021-2035-CofC
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Committee of Conference Report on HB 326, requiring town and city clerks to make electronic lists of persons who have requested, been mailed, or returned absentee ballots available to candidates upon request.
Recommendation:
That the House recede from its position of nonconcurrence with the Senate amendment, and concur with the Senate amendment, and
That the Senate and House adopt the following new amendment to the bill as amended by the Senate, and pass the bill as so amended:
Amend the bill by replacing section 1 with the following:
1 Absentee Ballot Lists; Electronic Copies. Amend RSA 657:15, II to read as follows:
II. Candidates whose names appear on the ballot and persons bearing notarized requests or copies of notarized requests from candidates whose names appear on the ballot may obtain a list of absentee voter applicants from the clerk, excluding voters who have presented to the supervisors of the checklist valid protective orders pursuant to RSA 173-B. If requested this list shall be supplied electronically from the information in the statewide centralized voter registration database. If an electronic copy exists, it shall be provided without charge in accordance with RSA 91-A.
The signatures below attest to the authenticity of this Report on HB 326, requiring town and city clerks to make electronic lists of persons who have requested, been mailed, or returned absentee ballots available to candidates upon request.
Conferees on the Part of the Senate Conferees on the Part of the House
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Sen. Gray, Dist. 6 Rep. Prudhomme-O'Brien, Rock. 6
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Sen. Birdsell, Dist. 19 Rep. Torosian, Rock. 14
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Sen. Soucy, Dist. 18 Rep. Groen, Straf. 23
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Rep. Berry, Hills. 44