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SB118: relative to assistance in voting.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2009 SB118
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Bill details

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

House status
Passed/Adopted with Amendment
Senate status
Concurred
Committee
HOUSE Election Law
Hearing
03/12/2009 at 10:00 AM
Selected version
Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Elections and voting

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CHAPTER 139

SB 118 – FINAL VERSION

06May2009… 1436h

2009 SESSION

09-0920

03/05

SENATE BILL 118

AN ACT relative to assistance in voting.

SPONSORS: Sen. Houde, Dist 5; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1; Sen. Gilmour, Dist 12; Sen. Hassan, Dist 23; Sen. Janeway, Dist 7; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. Letourneau, Dist 19; Sen. Merrill, Dist 21; Sen. Reynolds, Dist 2; Sen. Sgambati, Dist 4; Rep. Pierce, Graf 9; Rep. Houde-Quimby, Sull 1; Rep. Skinder, Sull 1

COMMITTEE: Election Law and Veterans’ Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill modifies the eligibility requirements for receiving assistance in voting.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

06May2009… 1436h

09-0920

03/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine

AN ACT relative to assistance in voting.

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

139:1 Designation of Ballot Clerks. Amend RSA 658:25 to read as follows:

658:25 Designation of Ballot Clerks. Two of the inspectors, one from each of the 2 political parties, shall be designated by the moderator at the opening of the polls to act as ballot clerks. They shall have charge of the ballots and shall furnish them to the voters. They shall be given a duplicate copy of the checklist by the town or ward clerk. The other inspectors shall be assigned such duties in the polling place as the moderator may determine including, but not limited to, the relief of the ballot clerks and the assistance of [the illiterate and physically disabled in voting] voters marking their ballots as provided in RSA 659:20.

139:2 Assistance in Voting. Amend RSA 659:20 to read as follows:

659:20 Assistance in Voting. Any voter who declares to the moderator under oath that said voter [cannot read or that, because of disability, is unable to mark] needs assistance marking his or her ballot shall, upon the voter’s choice and request after the moderator has informed the voter of the accessible voting options that are available at the polling place, receive the assistance of one or both of the inspectors of election detailed for that purpose by the moderator or of a person of the voter's choice provided that the person is not the voter's employer or union official. Such person so assisting shall be sworn, shall mark the ballot as directed by said voter, and shall thereafter give no information regarding the same. Such person so assisting shall leave the space within the guardrail with the voter.

139:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 29, 2009

Effective Date: August 28, 2009