Amendment 2025-0216h to HB474 (2025)

Requiring a second witness at the counting of write-in votes.


Revision: Feb. 6, 2025, 9:22 a.m.

Rep. Burnham, Straf. 2

Rep. Bailey, Straf. 2

Rep. Wherry, Hills. 13

Rep. Wood, Merr. 13

February 3, 2025

2025-0216h

09/08

 

 

Amendment to HB 474

 

Amend the bill by replacing section 1 with the following:

 

1  Counting of Votes; Counting Write-In Votes.  Amend RSA 659:64-a, I to read as follows:

I. In a town or city that uses a ballot counting device approved by the ballot law commission pursuant to RSA 656:40 and which prints or digitally displays an image of all write-in votes as part of the device's report of votes cast, a moderator may use the printed or digitally displayed images to count write-in votes in place of examining each ballot to obtain the name of the person who received a write-in vote.  This counting shall take place in the presence of another sworn-in election official.

2025-0216h

AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires a second witness who is another sworn-in election official if a moderator uses a ballot counting device's printed or digitally displayed images to count write-in votes in place of examining each ballot to obtain the name of the person who received a write-in vote.