HB119: relative to removing names from the checklist.

HB 119 - AS INTRODUCED

2003 SESSION

03-0308

03/09

HOUSE BILL HB 119

AN ACT relative to removing names from the checklist.

SPONSORS: Rep. Flanagan, Rock 78

COMMITTEE: Election Law

ANALYSIS

This bill requires the supervisors of the checklist to remove the name of a voter from the checklist upon receiving reliable documentary evidence that the voter has permanently left the town or city.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03-0308

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT relative to removing names from the checklist.

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

1 New Section; Periodic Maintenance and Verification of Checklists; Evidence of Permanent Absence. Amend RSA 654 by inserting after section 37 the following new section:

654:37-a Evidence of Permanent Absence. If the supervisors of the checklist have received reliable documentary evidence that a voter whose name is on the checklist has permanently left the town or city, they shall strike that name from the checklist at the next session for the correction of the checklist. They shall retain the evidence as proof of their reasoning in striking the name from the checklist.

2 Removing Names from Checklist, Notice Required; Exception Added. Amend RSA 654:44, II to read as follows:

II. The provisions of this section do not apply to the removal of the names of persons for whom the supervisors have received a report of transfer or death as provided in RSA 654:36 or 654:37, nor to the removal of names of persons for whom the supervisors have received evidence of permanent absence as provided in RSA 654:37-a, nor to the removal of names during the period for verification of the checklist as provided in RSA 654:38 or 654:39, nor to the removal of names of persons for whom they have received a notice from a duly authorized board of registration from a community outside New Hampshire stating that a person whose name is on the checklist of the town or ward in New Hampshire has registered to vote outside New Hampshire.

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