HB1158: relative to a necessary quorum in town elections for motions to reconsider after voting polls have been open a period of more than 4 hours.

HB 1158 - AS INTRODUCED

2003 SESSION

03-2048

08/09

HOUSE BILL 1158

AN ACT relative to a necessary quorum in town elections for motions to reconsider after voting polls have been open a period of more than 4 hours.

SPONSORS: Rep. Drisko, Hills 46

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill requires a quorum to pass a motion for reconsideration of a vote if the polls have been open for a period of more than 4 hours.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03-2048

08/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT relative to a necessary quorum in town elections for motions to reconsider after voting polls have been open a period of more than 4 hours.

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

1 New Section; Required Quorum for Motion to Reconsider. Amend RSA 40 by inserting after section 9 the following new section:

40:9-a Required Quorum for Reconsideration. If a town has conducted a vote for which the polls were open for a period longer than 4 hours, approval of a motion for reconsideration shall require a quorum of no fewer than a number of voters equal to 50 percent of those who initially voted.

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