Revision: Jan. 6, 2025, 10:13 p.m.
HB 270 - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0546
08/06
HOUSE BILL 270
AN ACT requiring the preservation of electronic ballot counting device memory chips.
SPONSORS: Rep. Burnham, Straf. 2; Rep. Ankarberg, Straf. 7; Rep. DeRoy, Straf. 3; Rep. Potenza, Straf. 19; Rep. Wherry, Hills. 13; Rep. Wood, Merr. 13; Rep. Berry, Hills. 44
COMMITTEE: Election Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires preservation of electronic ballot counting device memory chips with other election material until the contest is settled and all appeals have expired or at least 22 months after elections, whichever is longer.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0546
08/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT requiring the preservation of electronic ballot counting device memory chips.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Preservation of Election Material. Amend RSA 33-A:3-a, XXXVI and XXXVII to read as follows:
XXXVI. Elections-federal elections: ballots and absentee ballot applications, affidavit envelopes, [and] lists, and electronic counting device memory cards: by the town clerk until the contest is settled and all appeals have expired or at least 22 months after the election, whichever is longer.
XXXVII. Elections-not federal: ballots and absentee ballot applications, affidavit envelopes, [and] lists, and electronic counting device memory cards: by the town clerk until the contest is settled and all appeals have expired or at least 60 days after the election, whichever is longer.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.