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HB146: relative to the counting of defective ballots.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2019 HB146
Official source

Bill details

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

House status
Concurred
Senate status
Passed/Adopted with Amendment
Committee
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs
Hearing
04/03/2019 at 09:45 AM
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Sponsors

Topics

Election Law and Municipal Affairs Elections and voting

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CHAPTER 148

HB 146 - FINAL VERSION

14Feb2019... 0049h

05/02/2019 1629s

2019 SESSION

19-0081

11/05

HOUSE BILL 146

AN ACT relative to the counting of defective ballots.

SPONSORS: Rep. Belanger, Hills. 27; Rep. Beaulieu, Hills. 45; Sen. Gray, Dist 6

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires that a ballot shall be counted in any municipal vote if the intent of the voter can be determined, regardless of whether the voter followed any voting instructions issued prior to the vote.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

14Feb2019... 0049h

05/02/2019 1629s 19-0081

11/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

AN ACT relative to the counting of defective ballots.

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

148:1 New Section; Conduct of Voting; Intent of the Voter. Amend RSA 40 by inserting after section 4-f the following new section:

40:4-g Intent of the Voter. In any vote conducted pursuant to this chapter, every ballot shall be counted if the intent of the voter can be determined, regardless of whether the voter followed any instructions relative to marking the ballot provided before the vote.

148:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: July 01, 2019

Effective Date: August 30, 2019