SB385: relative to challengers appointed by party committee.

SB 385 - AS INTRODUCED

2004 SESSION

04-3098

03/01

SENATE BILL 385

AN ACT relative to challengers appointed by party committee.

SPONSORS: Sen. Roberge, Dist 9

COMMITTEE: Internal Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill repeals the law authorizing a party committee to appoint a person to act as challenger of voters at a polling place.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

04-3098

03/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Four

AN ACT relative to challengers appointed by party committee.

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

1 Statutes Posted; Reference Deleted. Amend RSA 658:29 to read as follows:

658:29 Statutes Posted. The secretary of state shall prepare and distribute copies of the following RSA sections which the selectmen shall post or cause to be posted outside the guardrail in the polling place: RSA 654:7-a, RSA 654:7-b, RSA 654:38, RSA 654:39; RSA 658:29; RSA 659:27, RSA 659:30, RSA 659:31, RSA 659:32, RSA 659:103; 665:17; [RSA 666:4,] RSA 666:5, RSA 666:8, RSA 666:12. In addition, the secretary of state shall include any other statutes or regulations that are required to be posted by state or federal law. The secretary of state may also include statutes or regulations that, in the secretary of state's judgment, would aid a voter in casting a vote or in contacting the appropriate official if the voter believes that his or her voting rights are being violated.

2 Repeal. RSA 666:4, relative to challengers appointed by party committee, is repealed.

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