SB 44 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

03/13/2025   0730s

2025 SESSION

25-0931

08/09

 

SENATE BILL 44

 

AN ACT relative to hand counts of ballots in elections.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Avard, Dist 12

 

COMMITTEE: Election Law and Municipal Affairs

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill allows a voter voting in a precinct with electronic ballot counting devices to request that his or her vote be counted by hand.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/13/2025   0730s 25-0931

08/09

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

 

AN ACT relative to hand counts of ballots in elections.

 

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

 

1  New Section; Hand Count.  Amend RSA 659 by inserting after section 23-a the following new section:

659:23-b  Machine Count; Hand Count.  In precincts where an electronic ballot counting device is used, a voter may request that his or her ballot be counted by hand at the time the voter presents his or her ballot to the moderator.  The moderator shall deposit the ballot in the compartment on the side of the electronic ballot counting device.

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