Revision: March 9, 2022, 4:05 p.m.
Rep. Porter, Hills. 1
February 17, 2022
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Amendment to HB 1163
Amend the bill by replacing section 1 with the following:
1 New Paragraph; Electronic Ballot Counting Devices; Rules; Over Voted Ballots. Amend RSA 656:42 by inserting after paragraph IX the following new paragraph:
X. The electronic ballot counting device shall be programmed to require that a ballot which contains more than the allowable number of votes for an office or ballot question on the ballot, known as an "over voted ballot", be returned to the election day voter by the device. The voter shall be instructed to place the ballot in an auxiliary compartment to be hand counted by election officials after the polls close. Over voted ballots of absentee voters shall be placed in the auxiliary compartment by the moderator or his or her appointee to be counted after the polls close.
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires that ballots which contain more than the allowable number of votes for an office on the ballot be returned to the voter to be hand counted by election officials after the polls close. The bill also requires the number of over voted ballots, as well as the number of overvotes and undervotes, be included in the return for each election.