SB273: relative to information in the statewide centralized voter registration database.

CHAPTER 111

SB 273 – FINAL VERSION

2014 SESSION

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03/06

SENATE BILL 273

AN ACT relative to information in the statewide centralized voter registration database.

SPONSORS: Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Rep. Fields, Belk 4

COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill modifies the information in the statewide centralized voter registration database.

This bill was requested by the department of state.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

14-2712

03/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT relative to information in the statewide centralized voter registration database.

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

111:1 Centralized Voter Registration Database; Voter Actions. Amend RSA 654:45, I to read as follows:

I. The secretary of state is authorized to plan, develop, equip, establish, site, and maintain a statewide centralized voter registration database and communications system, hereinafter referred to as the voter database, connecting users throughout the state. The voter database shall include the current information on the voter registration forms, the accepted absentee ballot applications, the voter checklists, and voter [participation] actions as recorded on the marked checklist maintained by each city, ward, and town in the state.

111:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 11, 2014

Effective Date: August 10, 2014