This bill mandates that any city or town utilizing electronic ballot counting machines must conduct a hand recount of one or all races in an election if requested by 100 or more registered voters who participated in that election. The request for a recount must be submitted to the secretary of state within 15 days following the election. This new requirement is added to the existing law under RSA 656:42, specifically as a new paragraph XII.

The bill introduces the new legal language stating, "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." There are no deletions from current law noted in the text. Additionally, the act is set to take effect 60 days after its passage.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 656:42