HB1174 (2022) Detail

Relative to election challengers.


CHAPTER 282

HB 1174 - FINAL VERSION

 

10Mar2022... 0649h

05/05/2022   1782s

2022 SESSION

22-2168

11/04

 

HOUSE BILL 1174

 

AN ACT relative to election challengers.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Yakubovich, Merr. 24; Rep. Ankarberg, Straf. 10; Rep. Abramson, Rock. 37; Rep. Johnson, Belk. 3; Rep. Love, Rock. 6

 

COMMITTEE: Election Law

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill permits election challengers to observe the hand counting of ballots and tabulation of votes from a distance which enables them to maintain a line of sight on any electronic ballot counting device.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

10Mar2022... 0649h

05/05/2022   1782s 22-2168

11/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

 

AN ACT relative to election challengers.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

282:1  New Section; Provisions for the Purity of Elections; Challengers.  Amend RSA 666 by inserting after section 5 the following new section:

666:5-a  Challengers; Where Positioned.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a challenger appointed pursuant to RSA 666:5 shall be assigned by the moderator or other election official presiding at the polling place to such position or positions within the polling place as will enable such challenger to see and hear the hand-counting of ballots for the tabulation of votes, and to maintain a line of sight on any electronic ballot counting device.  Nothing in this section shall deprive any other person of the right to observe the hand-counting of ballots for the tabulation of votes as provided by law.

282:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 10 days after its passage.

 

Approved: July 01, 2022

Effective Date: July 11, 2022

Links


Date Body Type
Feb. 3, 2022 House Hearing
Feb. 10, 2022 House Exec Session
House Floor Vote
April 18, 2022 Senate Hearing
May 5, 2022 Senate Floor Vote

Bill Text Revisions

HB1174 Revision: 36785 Date: July 5, 2022, 12:32 p.m.
HB1174 Revision: 36314 Date: May 12, 2022, 12:06 p.m.
HB1174 Revision: 36169 Date: May 5, 2022, 12:09 p.m.
HB1174 Revision: 35907 Date: April 26, 2022, 3:39 p.m.
HB1174 Revision: 35219 Date: March 10, 2022, 10:13 a.m.
HB1174 Revision: 35028 Date: Feb. 22, 2022, 2:40 p.m.
HB1174 Revision: 33140 Date: Nov. 17, 2021, 11:32 a.m.

Docket


July 7, 2022: Signed by Governor Sununu 07/01/2022; Chapter 282; eff. 07/11/2022 HJ 14


June 22, 2022: Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14


June 22, 2022: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13


June 22, 2022: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13


June 22, 2022: Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14


May 13, 2022: House Concurs with Senate Amendment (Rep. B. Griffin): MA VV 05/12/2022 HJ 13


May 5, 2022: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1782s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/05/2022; SJ 11


May 5, 2022: Committee Amendment # 2022-1782s, AA, VV; 05/05/2022; SJ 11


April 27, 2022: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1782s, 05/05/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 18


April 6, 2022: Hearing: 04/18/2022, Room 100, SH, 01:10 pm; SC 15


March 15, 2022: Introduced 02/24/2022 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 5


March 11, 2022: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0649h: MA VV 03/10/2022 HJ 5


March 11, 2022: Amendment # 2022-0649h: AA VV 03/10/2022 HJ 5


March 11, 2022: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0649h: MA VV 03/10/2022 HJ 5


Feb. 22, 2022: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0649h (Vote 20-0; CC)


Feb. 10, 2022: Executive Session: 02/10/2022 1:00 p.m. LOB306-308


Feb. 3, 2022: Public Hearing: 02/03/2022 10:00 a.m. LOB306-308


Nov. 17, 2021: Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Election Law


: To Be Introduced and referred to Election Law