Revision: Feb. 5, 2025, 8:40 a.m.
Election Law and Municipal Affairs
February 4, 2025
2025-0263s
02/05
Amendment to SB 43
Amend the bill by replacing section 1 with the following:
1 Electioneering; Wearing of Clothing. Amend RSA 652:16-h, I to read as follows:
I. Wearing clothing or paraphernalia that displays a candidate's name, likeness, or logo, a ballot measure's number, title, subject, or logo, a political party's name or logo, or any communication that a reasonable person would believe explicitly advocates for or against any candidate, political party, or measure.[, provided that] A person who is eligible to vote or register to vote in the voting district [who is unable to remove or cover clothing that explicitly advocates for or against any candidate, political party, or measure,] may wear such clothing in the polling place while actively and expeditiously engaged in the process of registering to vote or while actively and expeditiously engaged in the process of voting.
2025-0263s
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill allows certain articles of clothing supporting a candidate or measure to be worn by a voter in the process of casting his or her vote.