1 Voting Procedure; Casting Ballots; Hand Counts Permitted. Amend RSA 659:23, II to read as follows:

II. In cities and towns where an electronic ballot counting device is used for the counting of ballots, as provided in RSA 656:40, a voter, after leaving the voting booth or voting privacy screen, shall feed their ballot into the electronic ballot counting device or follow the moderator's instruction for casting the ballot before leaving the guardrail. Privacy folders shall be available at the polling place for voters to use when carrying the marked ballot from the voting booth or voting privacy screen to the ballot counting device.

2 Duties of Moderator and Authority of Selectmen and Town Clerk to Conduct a Hand Count of Ballots Cast. Amend RSA 659:60 to read as follows:

659:60 Duties of Moderator .

The moderator, or the moderator pro tempore if the moderator is disqualified under [RSA 658:24](https://gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/LXIII/658/658-24.htm), shall oversee the counting of votes by other election officers, including the selectmen and the town clerk, and may discharge any other duties relating to the counting of votes.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

1 Voting Procedure; Casting Ballots; Hand Counts Permitted. Amend RSA 659:23, II to read as follows:

II. (a) In cities and towns where an electronic ballot counting device is used for the counting of ballots, as provided in RSA 656:40, a voter, after leaving the voting booth or voting privacy screen, shall feed their ballot into the electronic ballot counting device or follow the moderator's instruction for casting the ballot before leaving the guardrail. Privacy folders shall be available at the polling place for voters to use when carrying the marked ballot from the voting booth or voting privacy screen to the ballot counting device.

(b) Notwithstanding subparagraph (a), a voter may present their ballot to the moderator for hand counting. Privacy folders shall be available at the polling place for this purpose.

2 Duties of Moderator and Authority of Selectmen and Town Clerk to Conduct a Hand Count of Ballots Cast. Amend RSA 659:60 to read as follows:

659:60 Duties of Moderator and Authority of Selectmen and Town Clerk to Conduct a Hand Count of Ballots Cast .

I. The moderator, or the moderator pro tempore if the moderator is disqualified under RSA 658:24, shall oversee the counting of votes by other election officers, including the selectmen and the town clerk, and may discharge any other duties relating to the counting of votes.

II. Nothing in this section or any other provision of law shall preclude the selectmen or town clerk from, at their discretion, conducting a supplemental hand count to confirm election results for a specific race, or from conducting a hand count of ballots not processed through a voting machine or counted from a machine that failed during the voting period.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.