CHAPTER 34
HB 1150 - FINAL VERSION
2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1150
AN ACT relative to voter registration for official ballot meetings.
SPONSORS: Rep. Flanagan, rock 14; Rep. Stritch, Rock 5
This bill permits persons to register to vote at the polling place at official ballot meetings where persons may vote by absentee ballot.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2199
03/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to voter registration for official ballot meetings.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
34:1 Elections; Voters and Checklists; Registering at the Polling Place, Election Day Registration; Official Ballot Meetings. Amend RSA 654:7-a, I to read as follows:
I. The provisions of this section and those of RSA 654:7-b shall be used as an additional procedure for voter registration. For the purposes of this section and RSA 654:7-b, the term "election day" shall refer to state primary and to state general elections, [and] to all town, city, school district, and village district elections, and to all official ballot meetings where persons may vote by absentee ballot. A person who registers to vote on election day according to the provisions of this section shall also be required to complete the voter registration card provided for in RSA 654:7. The provisions of this section and those of RSA 654:7-b shall apply notwithstanding any provision of RSA 654 to the contrary.
34:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: April 3, 2000)
(Effective Date: June 2, 2000)