Revision: May 16, 2022, 3:29 p.m.
May 11, 2022
2022-1990-EBA
08/04
Enrolled Bill Amendment to HB 1163
The Committee on Enrolled Bills to which was referred HB 1163
AN ACT relative to over voted ballots.
Having considered the same, report the same with the following amendment, and the recommendation that the bill as amended ought to pass.
FOR THE COMMITTEE
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Explanation to Enrolled Bill Amendment to HB 1163
This enrolled bill amendment renumbers a paragraph to resolve a conflict with 2022, HB 1157.
Enrolled Bill Amendment to HB 1163
Amend the bill by replacing all after section 2 with the following:
3 New Paragraph; Electronic Ballot Counting Devices; Rules; Over Voted Ballots. Amend RSA 656:42 by inserting after paragraph X the following new paragraph:
XI. 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.
4 Contingency. If HB 1157 of the 2022 regular legislative session becomes law, section 1 of this act shall not take effect and section 3 of this act shall take effect 30 days after its passage. If HB 1157 of the 2022 regular legislative session does not become law, section 1 of this bill shall take effect 30 days after its passage and section 3 of this act shall not take effect.
I. Sections 1 and 3 of this act shall take effect as provided in section 4 of this act.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect 30 days after its passage.