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HB243: requiring the tabulation of votes in elections to be done in public.
Bill details
Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.
Sponsors
- Katelyn T Kuttab House · Rock 17
- Kristine Perez House · Rock 16
- Joe Sweeney House · Rock 25
- Daniel Popovici-Muller House · Rock 17
- Ellen D Read House · Rock 10
- Bob J. Lynn House · Rock 17
- Katherine J. Prudhomme-O'Brien House · Rock 13
- Julius F Soti House · Rock 35
Topics
Election Law and Municipal Affairs Elections and voting
Official links
CHAPTER 178
HB 243 - FINAL VERSION
3Jan2024... 2394h
04/18/2024 1522s
2024 SESSION
23-0465
08/05
HOUSE BILL 243
AN ACT requiring the tabulation of votes in elections to be done in public.
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires the tabulation of votes in an election to be done in public and requires documents generated during the tabulation of votes in an election also be made available to the public.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
3Jan2024... 2394h
04/18/2024 1522s 23-0465
08/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT requiring the tabulation of votes in elections to be done in public.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
178:1 Counting and Tabulation of Ballots. Amend RSA 659:63 to read as follows:
659:63 Counting and Tabulation to be Public. The counting and tabulation of votes shall be public and conducted within the guardrail and shall not be adjourned nor postponed until it shall have been completed. No ballot shall be placed within 4 feet of the guardrail during the counting of votes. In this section, "tabulation" means the aggregation of results from the printed results from the voting machine and hand counts to determine the final results of an election in a polling place or at the central polling location provided in RSA 659:59. Documents generated during the tabulation of votes shall be available for public review when election results are announced at the polling place. If RSA 659:75, II applies, the printed results from the voting machine shall be posted for public review at the polling place within 60 minutes of running the last ballot through the machine or machines.
178:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: July 12, 2024
Effective Date: September 10, 2024