Bill Text: NH HB1459 | 2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Relative to domicile for voting purposes during a temporary absence.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-06-16 - Signed by the Governor on 6/11/2014; Chapter 0104; Effective 8/10/2014 [HB1459 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2014-HB1459-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 104
HB 1459 – FINAL VERSION
2014 SESSION
03/01
HOUSE BILL 1459
AN ACT relative to domicile for voting purposes during a temporary absence.
This bill provides that a person shall not be deemed to have lost a domicile by reason of absence or presence due to the employment of a spouse in the service of the United States.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
14-2213
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT relative to domicile for voting purposes during a temporary absence.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
104:1 Voter Eligibility; Temporary Absence. Amend RSA 654:2 to read as follows:
654:2 Temporary Absence. A domicile for voting purposes acquired by any person in any town shall not be interrupted or lost by a temporary absence therefrom with the intention of returning thereto as his or her domicile. Domicile for the purpose of voting as defined in RSA 654:1, once existing, continues to exist until another such domicile is gained. Domicile for purposes of voting is a question of fact and intention. A voter can have only one domicile for these purposes. No person shall be deemed to have lost a domicile by reason of his or her presence or absence while the voter or his or her spouse is employed in the service of the United States; nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of the United States or of the high seas; nor while a teacher in or student of any seminary of learning; nor while confined in any public prison or other penal institution; nor while a patient or confined for any reason in any nursing, convalescent home or hospital, old folks or old age home, or like institution or private facility.
104:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 11, 2014
Effective Date: August 10, 2014
