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HB1174: relative to election challengers.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2022 HB1174
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Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs
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Election Law and Municipal Affairs Elections and voting

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CHAPTER 282

HB 1174 - FINAL VERSION

10Mar2022... 0649h

05/05/2022 1782s

2022 SESSION

22-2168

11/04

HOUSE BILL 1174

AN ACT relative to election challengers.

SPONSORS: Rep. Yakubovich, Merr. 24; Rep. Ankarberg, Straf. 10; Rep. Abramson, Rock. 37; Rep. Johnson, Belk. 3; Rep. Love, Rock. 6

COMMITTEE: Election Law

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill permits election challengers to observe the hand counting of ballots and tabulation of votes from a distance which enables them to maintain a line of sight on any electronic ballot counting device.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

10Mar2022... 0649h

05/05/2022 1782s 22-2168

11/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT relative to election challengers.

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

282:1 New Section; Provisions for the Purity of Elections; Challengers. Amend RSA 666 by inserting after section 5 the following new section:

666:5-a Challengers; Where Positioned. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a challenger appointed pursuant to RSA 666:5 shall be assigned by the moderator or other election official presiding at the polling place to such position or positions within the polling place as will enable such challenger to see and hear the hand-counting of ballots for the tabulation of votes, and to maintain a line of sight on any electronic ballot counting device. Nothing in this section shall deprive any other person of the right to observe the hand-counting of ballots for the tabulation of votes as provided by law.

282:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 10 days after its passage.

Approved: July 01, 2022

Effective Date: July 11, 2022