Revision: April 2, 2026, 9:15 a.m.
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs
April 2, 2026
2026-1324s
07/05
Amendment to HB 1266
Amend RSA 659:58 as inserted by section 1 of the bill by replacing it with the following:
659:58 Disqualification of Officials. Any election official who is also a candidate for office, other than a position of an election official, shall not be allowed to remain in the area designated for the counting of votes within the guardrail during the counting of [votes for an office for which he is a candidate] ballots for which he or she is a candidate for an office other than an election official. Such official shall disqualify himself or herself from election duties relating to the tabulation of votes; and the moderator shall appoint an assistant who shall take the same oath as, serve in the same capacity as, and have all the powers of the election official who is disqualified until such official may properly return. The election official, which includes the moderator, may be within the guard rails and perform other duties of their office, or other duties the moderator may assign [any] to the election official disqualified pursuant to this section [to other duties], not related to the tabulation of votes.