Bill Text: NH HB1496 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Requiring political subdivisions to make voter checklists available in electronic form to any resident.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-06-22 - Signed by Governor Sununu 06/17/2022; Chapter 201; 08/16/2022 House Journal 14 [HB1496 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2022-HB1496-Amended.html

HB 1496-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

16Feb2022... 0634h

04/28/2022   1650s

 

2022 SESSION

22-2582

11/08

 

HOUSE BILL 1496-FN

 

AN ACT requiring political subdivisions to make voter checklists available in electronic form to any resident.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Love, Rock. 6

 

COMMITTEE: Election Law

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires political subdivisions to make voter checklists available in electronic form to any resident.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16Feb2022... 0634h

04/28/2022   1650s 22-2582

11/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

 

AN ACT requiring political subdivisions to make voter checklists available in electronic form to any resident.

 

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

 

1  Copies of Voter Checklist; Availability.  Amend RSA 654:31, II to read as follows:

II.  In towns and cities, the public checklist as corrected by the supervisors shall be open for the examination of any person at all times before the opening of a meeting or election at which the list is to be used.  The supervisors of the checklist or city or town clerk shall furnish [one or more copies] a physical copy or an electronic copy of the most recent public checklist of their town or city to any person requesting such [copies] copy.  If a person requests an electronic copy, the supervisors of the checklist, or the city or town clerk, shall notify the person requesting the copy of the electronic format options available from which the person requesting may choose.  The supervisors of the checklist or city or town clerk may only provide checklist information for their town or city.  The supervisors of the checklist or city or town clerk shall charge a fee of $25 for each copy of the public checklist for a town or ward.  For public checklists containing more than 2,500 names, the supervisors of the checklist or city or town clerk shall charge a fee of $25, plus $0.50 per thousand names or portion thereof in excess of 2,500, plus any shipping costs.  The supervisors of the checklist or city or town clerk may provide public checklist information on paper, computer disk, computer tape, electronic transfer, or any other form.

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

 

LBA

22-2582

Amended 3/22/22

 

HB 1496-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2022-0634h)

 

AN ACT requiring political subdivisions to make voter checklists available in spreadsheet form to any resident.

 

FISCAL IMPACT: [   ] State [   ] County [   ] Local [ X ] None

 

METHODOLOGY:

The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant states this bill has no fiscal impact on state, county and local expenditures or revenue.

 

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of State and New Hampshire Municipal Association

 

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