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SB 44 - AS INTRODUCED SESSION 25-0931 08/09 SENATE BILL 44 AN ACT relative to hand counts of ballots in elections.
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs March 4, 2025 2025-0730s 08/09 Amendment to SB 44 Amend the bill by replacing section 1 with the following:
SPONSORS:
1 New Section;
Sen.
Hand Count.
Avard, Dist 12 COMMITTEE:
Amend RSA 659 by inserting after section 23-a the following new section:
Election Law and Municipal Affairs ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ANALYSIS This bill requires a hand recount on the request of 100 registered voters in one city, town, or municipality using electronic ballot counting machines.
659:23-b Machine Count;
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Hand Count.
Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
In precincts where an electronic ballot counting device is used, a voter may request that his or her ballot be counted by hand at the time the voter presents his or her ballot to the moderator.
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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
The moderator shall deposit the ballot in the compartment on the side of the electronic ballot counting device.
SB 44 - AS INTRODUCED 25-0931 08/09 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five AN ACT relative to hand counts of ballots in elections.
Amendment to SB 44 - Page 2 - 2025-0730s AMENDED ANALYSIS This bill allows a voter voting in a precinct with electronic ballot counting devices to request that his or her vote be counted by hand.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph;
Right to Have Ballot Hand-Counted.
Amend RSA 656:42 by inserting after paragraph XI the following new paragraph:
XII.
Any city or town that currently uses electronic voting machines shall perform a recount by hand of one or all races of any election at the request of 100 or more registered voters who voted in that election.
Such request shall be presented to the secretary of state within 15 days of the election.
2 Effective Date.
This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.