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HB305: relative to time allowed for voting.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2003 HB305
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Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.

House status
Passed/Adopted with Amendment
Senate status
Passed/Adopted
Committee
SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
Hearing
04/02/2003 at 10:45 AM
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INTERNAL AFFAIRS Elections and voting

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CHAPTER 20

HB 305 - FINAL VERSION

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2003 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 305

AN ACT relative to time allowed for voting.

SPONSORS: Rep. Brundige, Hills 58; Rep. Patten, Carr 7; Rep. Dickinson, Carr 4

COMMITTEE: Election Law

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill allows the moderator to determine the amount of time a voter is allowed to remain within the enclosed space.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

13feb03... 0089h

03-0734

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT relative to time allowed for voting.

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

20:1 Time Allowed for Voting. Amend RSA 659:25 to read as follows:

659:25 Time Allowed for Voting. The voter shall mark and deliver [his] the ballot without undue delay and shall leave the enclosed space within the guardrail as soon as he or she has delivered [his] the ballot to the moderator. No voter shall be allowed to occupy a voting booth already occupied by another voter nor be allowed to remain within the enclosed space more than [10 minutes nor, if other voters are waiting to mark their ballots and all of the voting booths are occupied, be allowed to occupy a voting booth for more than 5 minutes] the time determined by the moderator.

20:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: April 23, 2003)

(Effective Date: June 22, 2003)