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HB1442: relative to access to election and voter information.

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Elections and voting

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HB 1442-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2022 SESSION

22-2504

11/05

HOUSE BILL 1442-FN

AN ACT relative to access to election and voter information.


ANALYSIS

This bill requires that election and voter information be made available in multiple languages.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2504

11/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT relative to access to election and voter information.

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

1 Checklists; Availability of Checklist and Voter Information. Amend RSA 654:31, II to read as follows:

II. In towns and cities, the public checklist as corrected by the supervisors shall be open for the examination of any person at all times before the opening of a meeting or election at which the list is to be used. The supervisors of the checklist or city or town clerk shall furnish one or more copies of the most recent public checklist of their town or city to any person requesting such copies. The supervisors of the checklist or city or town clerk may only provide checklist information for their town or city. The supervisors of the checklist or city or town clerk shall charge a fee of $25 for each copy of the public checklist for a town or ward. For public checklists containing more than 2,500 names, the supervisors of the checklist or city or town clerk shall charge a fee of $25, plus $0.50 per thousand names or portion thereof in excess of 2,500, plus any shipping costs. The supervisors of the checklist or city or town clerk may provide public checklist information on paper, computer disk, computer tape, electronic transfer, or any other form. The supervisors of the checklist or city or town clerk shall provide checklist information in multiple languages.

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

LBA

22-2504

10/22/21

HB 1442-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

AN ACT relative to access to election and voter information.

FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ X ] Local [ ] None

Estimated Increase / (Decrease)

STATE:

FY 2022

FY 2023

FY 2024

FY 2025

Appropriation

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Revenue

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$0

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$0

Expenditures

$0

Indeterminable

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Funding Source:

[ X ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ ] Other

LOCAL:

Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

Expenditures

$0

Indeterminable

Indeterminable

Indeterminable

METHODOLOGY:

This bill requires public checklist information be made available in multiple languages. The Department of State and New Hampshire Municipal Association indicate it is not known how many languages the checklist would need to be translated to, therefore the fiscal impact of the bill on expenditures is indeterminable.

It is assumed any fiscal impact from this bill will not occur until after FY 2022.

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of State and New Hampshire Municipal Association