Revision: April 26, 2022, 3:39 p.m.
Election Law and Municipal Affairs
April 25, 2022
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04/10
Amendment to HB 1174
Amend the bill by replacing section 1 with the following:
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.
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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.