CHAPTER 221
HB 1126 - FINAL VERSION
14Mar2024... 0957h
05/15/2024 1694s
2024 SESSION
24-2614
12/10
HOUSE BILL 1126
AN ACT relative to candidate requests for absentee ballot information.
SPONSORS: Rep. Berry, Hills. 39
COMMITTEE: Election Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill expands the information reported to candidates requesting absentee ballot information.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
14Mar2024... 0957h
05/15/2024 1694s 24-2614
12/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to candidate requests for absentee ballot information.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
221:1 Absentee Ballots; Information for Candidates. Amend RSA 657:15, III to read as follows:
III. Candidates whose names appear on the ballot for statewide office and persons bearing a notarized request from candidates whose names appear on the ballot for statewide office may obtain a statewide list of absentee voter applicants, excluding voters who have presented to the supervisors of the checklist valid protective orders pursuant to RSA 173-B from the secretary of state. Information on the statewide absentee voter list shall be limited to voter name and address where registered, voter ID number, voter's party, the type of election the absentee ballot was requested in, the date the absentee ballot was requested, the date the absentee ballot was sent or handed to the voter, and the date that the absentee ballot envelope was returned.
221:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: July 19, 2024
Effective Date: September 17, 2024