Revision: Nov. 17, 2021, 11:32 a.m.
HB 1174 - AS INTRODUCED
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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ANALYSIS
This bill permits election challengers to be permitted within 6 feet of any table where any ballots are hand counted and 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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:
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, appointed challengers shall be permitted to stand within 6 feet of the location where ballots are hand counted and shall be permitted to maintain a line of sight on any electronic ballot counting device.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 10 days after its passage.