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HB132: relative to domicile for voting purposes.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2007 HB132
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Passed/Adopted
Senate status
Passed/Adopted
Committee
SENATE ELECTION LAW AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS
Hearing
04/11/2007 at 08:30 AM
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Topics

ELECTION LAW AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS Elections and voting

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CHAPTER 9

HB 132 – FINAL VERSION

2007 SESSION

07-0497

03/09

HOUSE BILL 132

AN ACT relative to domicile for voting purposes.

SPONSORS: Rep. Pierce, Graf 9; Rep. C. Chase, Hills 2

COMMITTEE: Election Law

ANALYSIS

This bill states that a person’s claim of domicile in this state for voting purposes shall not be conclusive of the person’s residence for any other legal purpose.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

07-0497

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven

AN ACT relative to domicile for voting purposes.

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

9:1 Eligibility; Voter; Domicile. Amend RSA 654:1, I to read as follows:

I. Every inhabitant of the state, having a single established domicile for voting purposes, being a citizen of the United States, of the age provided for in Article 11 of Part First of the Constitution of New Hampshire, shall have a right at any meeting or election, to vote in the town, ward, or unincorporated place in which he or she is domiciled. An inhabitant's domicile for voting purposes is that one place where a person, more than any other place, has established a physical presence and manifests an intent to maintain a single continuous presence for domestic, social, and civil purposes relevant to participating in democratic self-government. A person has the right to change domicile at any time, however a mere intention to change domicile in the future does not, of itself, terminate an established domicile before the person actually moves. A person’s claim of domicile for voting purposes shall not be conclusive of the person’s residence for any other legal purpose.

9:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 2, 2007

Effective Date: July 1, 2007