HB 608-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0321
08/02
HOUSE BILL 608-FN
SPONSORS: Rep. Panek, Hills. 1; Rep. Drago, Rock. 4; Rep. Kuttab, Rock. 17; Rep. Mazur, Hills. 44; Rep. Perez, Rock. 16; Rep. Sellers, Graf. 18; Rep. Sabourin, Rock. 30
COMMITTEE: Election Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires moderators to inspect absentee ballot affidavits for full execution using a notary, election officer, or any person authorized by law to administer oaths.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0321
08/02
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Absentee Ballot Envelope; Affidavit Required. RSA 659:50, I(b) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
(b) The affidavit on the absentee ballot envelope is a fully executed legal affidavit that is witnessed and signed by a notary, election officer, or any person authorized by law to administer oaths, to verify the identity and signature of the voter, and
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
25-0321
Revised 2/12/25
HB 608-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
FISCAL IMPACT: This bill does not provide funding, nor does it authorize new positions.
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Estimated State Impact | ||||||
| FY 2025 | FY 2026 | FY 2027 | FY 2028 | ||
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
Revenue Fund(s) | None | |||||
Expenditures* | $0 | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | ||
Funding Source(s) | General Fund | |||||
Appropriations* | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
Funding Source(s) | None | |||||
*Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill | ||||||
METHODOLOGY:
This bill requires moderators to inspect absentee ballot affidavits for full execution using a notary, election officer, or any person authorized by law to administer oaths.
The Department of State indicates that the affidavit envelope would need to be redesigned in order to accommodate space for the notarization therefore increasing printing costs, outer envelope costs, and shipping costs. However, this increase in expenditures is indeterminable at this time.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of State