2002 SESSION

02-3058

03/09

SENATE BILL 340

COMMITTEE: Public Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill changes the dates on which a voter may change his or her party registration.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

02-3058

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Voters and Checklists; Hearings on Alterations to Party Registration; Dates Changed. Amend RSA 654:32 to read as follows:

654:32 Hearings on Alterations to Party Registration. Before each state or presidential primary election, the supervisors of the checklist shall be in session before each primary for the change of registration of legal voters as provided in RSA 654:34 or 654:34-a or both. Before the presidential primary, the session shall be on the [Friday preceding] Tuesday before the first [day of the filing period] Wednesday in December, between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Before the state primary election, the session shall be on Tuesday before the first Wednesday in [June] August, between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.

2 Voters and Checklists; Change of Registration; Date Changed. Amend RSA 654:34, IV to read as follows:

IV. No person, who is already registered to vote, whether [his] the person's party membership has been previously registered or not, shall affiliate with a party or disaffiliate from a party between the first Wednesday in [June] August and the day before the state primary election.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.