HB 326 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0313
11/08
HOUSE BILL 326
AN ACT requiring town and city clerks to make electronic lists of persons who have
requested, been mailed, or returned absentee ballots available to candidates upon
request.
SPONSORS: Rep. Berry, Hills. 44; Rep. T. Smith, Hills. 17; Rep. O'Hara, Belk. 9
COMMITTEE: Election Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires that town and city clerks make electronic lists of persons who have requested,
been mailed, or returned absentee ballots available to candidates upon request.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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 326 - AS INTRODUCED
21-0313
11/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT requiring town and city clerks to make electronic lists of persons who have
requested, been mailed, or returned absentee ballots available to candidates upon
request.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 Absentee Ballot Lists; Electronic Copies. Amend RSA 657:15, II to read as follows:
2 II. Candidates whose names appear on the ballot and persons bearing notarized requests or
3 copies of notarized requests from candidates whose names appear on the ballot may obtain a list of
4 absentee voter applicants from the clerk, excluding voters who have presented to the supervisors of
5 the checklist valid protective orders pursuant to RSA 173-B. Candidates whose names appear on
6 the ballot may request, and clerks shall provide, electronic copies of list of absentee voter
7 applicants from the clerk, excluding voters who have presented to the supervisors of the
8 checklist valid protective orders pursuant to RSA 173-B. Clerks shall not require
9 prepayment prior to releasing such lists. Any candidate who makes a request for a list
10 pursuant to this paragraph shall have up to 7 days from the date of invoice to render
11 payment.
12 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