HB 291 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

05/27/2021   1674s

2021 SESSION

21-0401

06/11

 

HOUSE BILL 291

 

AN ACT relative to the analysis of requests for absentee ballot information by the attorney general.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Hill, Merr. 3; Rep. Silber, Belk. 2; Rep. Rice, Hills. 37; Rep. Rouillard, Hills. 6; Rep. Pearl, Merr. 26

 

COMMITTEE: Election Law

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires the attorney general to analyze absentee ballot information requests for evidence of misuse.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

05/27/2021   1674s 21-0401

06/11

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One

 

AN ACT relative to the analysis of requests for absentee ballot information by the attorney general.

 

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

 

1  New Section; Analysis of Requests for Absentee Ballot Information.  Amend RSA 657 by inserting after section 24 the following new section:

657:24-a  Analysis of Requests for Absentee Ballot Information.  The attorney general shall analyze the requests for absentee ballot information for state general elections and presidential primary elections contained in the statewide centralized voter registration database for evidence of misuse.  The analysis shall include, but shall not be limited to, the number of absentee ballots mailed to a common address and significant differences in the number of ballots that were requested from a city or town.  The results of the analysis and any additional actions identified shall be reported to the house and senate committees with jurisdiction over elections within 120 days of the election.

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