HB403: relative to domicile affidavits.

HB 403 - AS INTRODUCED

2017 SESSION

17-0741

03/01

HOUSE BILL 403

AN ACT relative to domicile affidavits.

SPONSORS: Rep. Bates, Rock. 7

COMMITTEE: Election Law

ANALYSIS

This bill modifies the domicile affidavit and limits its use to election day registrations.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0741

03/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

AN ACT relative to domicile affidavits.

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

1 Determining Qualifications of Applicant: Domicile. Amend RSA 654:12, I(c) to read as follows:

(c) DOMICILE. Any reasonable documentation which indicates that the applicant has a domicile and intends to maintain a domicile, as defined in this chapter, in the town, city, or ward in which he or she desires to vote[, or,]. When registering on election day as provided in RSA 654:7-a, if the applicant does not have reasonable documentation in his or her possession [at the place and time of voter registration, a sworn statement on the general election day voter registration form, or] he or she may execute an affidavit in the following form, which shall be retained in accordance with RSA 33-A:3-a:

DOMICILE AFFIDAVIT

Date:

First Name: _

Middle Name: _

Last Name: _

Date of birth:

Place of birth:

Current Domicile Address:

Street Ward Number

Town or City Zip Code

Current Mailing Address (if different):

Street Ward Number

Town or City Zip Code

Telephone number [(requested but optional)]

Email address (requested but optional) _

Date when current domicile was established: Month: _ Year: _

[Place and date of birth: ]

Owner’s name for property designated as your current domicile address: _

Applicant’s relationship to property owner:

If renting, do you have a written rental/lease agreement? _

Address of last previous domicile:

Street Ward Number

Town or City Zip Code

I hereby swear and affirm, under the penalties for voting fraud set forth below, that I am not currently in possession of necessary documents to prove my domicile and that my established domicile is at the current domicile address I have entered above. I understand that a person can claim only one state and one city/town as his or her domicile at a time. A domicile is that place, to which upon temporary absence, a person has the intention of returning. By registering or voting today, I am acknowledging that I am not domiciled or voting in any other city/town, and that to the best of my knowledge and belief the information above is true and correct.

(Signature of applicant)

In accordance with RSA 659:34, the penalty for knowingly or purposefully providing false information when registering to vote or voting is a class A misdemeanor with a maximum sentence of imprisonment not to exceed one year and a fine not to exceed $2,000. Fraudulently registering to vote or voting is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000.

On the date shown above, before me, (print name of notary public, justice of the peace, election officer), appeared (print name of person whose signature is being notarized), [(known to me or satisfactorily proven (circle one)) to be the person whose name appears above,] and he or she subscribed his or her name to the foregoing affidavit and swore that the facts contained in this affidavit are true to the best of his or her knowledge and belief.

Notary Public/Justice of the Peace/Official Authorized by RSA 659:30

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