HB 223 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0231
11/04
HOUSE BILL 223
AN ACT relative to political party access to a list of absentee ballot requests.
SPONSORS: Rep. J. Sweeney, Rock. 8; Rep. Alexander Jr., Hills. 6
COMMITTEE: Election Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill authorizes political parties to request and subscribe to the absentee ballot request list
from the secretary of state.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
 HB 223 - AS INTRODUCED
21-0231
11/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to political party access to a list of absentee ballot requests.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 New Paragraph; Political Party Access to List of Absentee Voter Applicants. Amend RSA
2 657:15 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
3 III-a. Political parties and persons bearing a notarized request from political parties may
4 obtain a statewide list of absentee voter applicants, excluding voters who have presented to the
5 supervisors of the checklist valid protective orders pursuant to RSA 173-B, from the secretary of
6 state. Information on the statewide absentee voter list shall be limited to voter name, voter ID
7 number, and the date the absentee ballot was requested.
8 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 657:15
Ought to Pass: 657:15
latest version: 657:15