Bill Text: NH HB1357 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to the distribution of campaign materials inside a polling place.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-06-16 - Vacated from Committee and Laid on Table, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 06/16/2020 Senate Journal 8 [HB1357 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2020-HB1357-Introduced.html
HB 1357 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2601
11/03
HOUSE BILL 1357
AN ACT relative to the distribution of campaign materials inside a polling place.
SPONSORS: Rep. T. Smith, Hills. 17; Rep. Hamer, Hills. 17
COMMITTEE: Election Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill clarifies the prohibition on electioneering in the polling place.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2601
11/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to the distribution of campaign materials inside a polling place.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Election Procedure; Prohibited Acts; Distributing Campaign Materials at Polling Place. Amend RSA 659:43, II to read as follows:
II. No person who is a candidate for office or who is representing or working for a candidate shall distribute any campaign materials or perform any electioneering activities or any activity which affects the safety, welfare and rights of voters within a corridor 10 feet wide and extending a distance from the entrance door of the building as determined by the moderator where the election is being held, or within a polling place.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
