HB 664 - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
03/01
HOUSE BILL 664
This bill provides that any person convicted of willfully violating the elections laws shall be permanently disqualified from voting unless the person's voting privileges are restored by the supreme court.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-0561
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to disqualification for violating election laws.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Disqualification for Bribery or Intimidation; Willful Violation of Election Laws Added. Amend RSA 654:6 to read as follows:
654:6 Disqualification for Bribery or Intimidation or Willful Violation of Election Laws. Any person convicted of bribery or intimidation relating to elections under RSA 659:40 or any willful violation of the provisions of this title shall thereafter be forever disqualified from exercising the right to vote, except that the supreme court may, on notice to the attorney general, restore the privileges of a voter to any person who may have forfeited them by conviction of such offenses.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2002.