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SB 16 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

02/13/2025   0259s

2025 SESSION

25-0682

07/08

 

SENATE BILL 16

 

AN ACT requiring municipalities to post a copy of election return forms on their websites and in public locations.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Gray, Dist 6

 

COMMITTEE: Election Law and Municipal Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires municipalities to post a copy of election return forms on their websites and in public locations.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

02/13/2025   0259s 25-0682

07/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

 

AN ACT requiring municipalities to post a copy of election return forms on their websites and in public locations.

 

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

 

1  New Paragraph; Elections; Election Returns; General Content of Return.  Amend RSA 659:73 by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:

VII.  The city or town clerk shall, within 7 days of an election, post copies of the election return forms submitted to the secretary of state under paragraphs I and II of this section.  The city or town clerk shall post copies in the 2 places where the municipality regularly posts notices of its governing body meetings, which may include the municipality's main website and any social media accounts utilized by the municipality.

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