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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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