Revision: April 19, 2022, 2:22 p.m.
Election Law and Municipal Affairs
April 19, 2022
2022-1655s
04/05
Amendment to HB 1467-FN
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT relative to recounts of state representative races during a general election.
Amend the bill by replacing all after the enacting clause with the following:
1 New Section; General Provisions for Recounts; Recount of Additional Offices. Amend RSA 660 by inserting after section 17 the following new section:
660:17-a Recount of Additional Offices on Ballots Involved in Recounts. For general election recounts of state representative races, the secretary of state's office shall, in addition to recounting the state representative race:
I. Conduct an audit of the votes cast on those ballots for President, United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, or governor;
II. Conduct such audit using the ballots for 10 of the state representative races to be recounted. The races shall be selected randomly. If less than 10 races are to be recounted, the ballots for each recounted race shall be audited;
III. Select the office to be audited for each recount; and
IV. Allow a full recount of any race where there is a discrepancy of greater than one percent from the election results reported to the secretary of state.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
2022-1655s
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires a partial audit of additional offices on ballots involved in recounts of state representative races in a general election, and creates parameters around such audits.