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RSA 654:36-a · Request to Correct the Checklist

Title
LXIII: ELECTIONS
Chapter
654 · VOTERS AND CHECKLISTS
Status
current
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654:36-a Request to Correct the Checklist. –

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I.

A supervisor of the checklist, the town or city clerk, or any other person, may submit a request for correction of the checklist to the supervisors of the checklist or to the town or city clerk based upon evidence that a person listed on the checklist is not qualified as a voter in the town or ward. The clerk shall forward requests for correction of the checklist to the supervisors of the checklist. At the next session of the supervisors, they shall examine the requests and determine whether or not it is more likely than not that the person's qualifications are in doubt.

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If the supervisors of the checklist determine that it is more likely than not that the person's qualifications are in doubt, they shall send a notice to the person and afford the person at least 30 days to provide proof of his or her qualifications. If the person fails to respond to the 30-day notice or responds but fails to provide proof that establishes that it is more likely than not that the person is qualified to vote in the town or ward, the person's name shall be removed from the checklist. The supervisors of the checklist shall retain a copy of the notice in accordance with RSA 33-A:3-a. Source. 2006, 243:1. 2010, 172:11, eff. Aug. 16, 2010.

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Source note

Source. 2006, 243:1. 2010, 172:11, eff. Aug. 16, 2010.

Source history

  • 2006, 243:1
  • 2010, 172:11, eff. Aug. 16, 2010

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