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.