Bill Text: NH HB718 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to instant voting in elections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-27 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 02/27/2019 House Journal 6 P. 10 [HB718 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2019-HB718-Introduced.html
HB 718-FN-LOCAL - AS INTRODUCED
2019 SESSION
19-0344
11/06
HOUSE BILL 718-FN-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to instant voting in elections.
SPONSORS: Rep. Komi, Hills. 43
COMMITTEE: Election Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides for instant voting in presidential primary elections.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
19-0344
11/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to instant voting in elections.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subdivision; Instant Voting in Presidential Primary. Amend RSA 659 by inserting after section 103 the following new subdivision:
Instant Voting in Presidential Primary
659:104 Instant Voting in Presidential Primary.
I. Any candidate seeking nomination in the presidential primary may, after filing a declaration of candidacy pursuant to RSA 655:47 and paying the filing fee pursuant to RSA 655:48 but before the date of the primary election, petition any town moderator or city clerk to establish an instant polling booth or booths in accordance with this section.
II. Wherever a candidate on the ballot in a presidential primary election gathers at least 5,000 residents from one political subdivision in the same physical location within such subdivision, the candidate or his or her delegate shall be authorized to send notice of such gathering to the moderator or clerk, and to request the moderator or clerk to establish an instant polling place at the gathering for the purpose of recording the votes of residents present.
III. Any instant polling place established pursuant to this section shall conform with the requirements of RSA 658:9 through RSA 658:18.
IV. The conduct of voting at any instant polling place established pursuant to this section shall conform with the provisions of RSA 659:9 through RSA 659:45.
V. No ballots cast at any instant polling place shall be processed or counted until the polls close on the usual date of the presidential primary election. The ballots shall be delivered to the moderator or clerk for storage until all votes from the presidential primary are counted in accordance with RSA 659:58 through RSA 659:70.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
19-0344
1/17/19
HB 718-FN-LOCAL- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to instant voting in elections.
FISCAL IMPACT:
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The New Hampshire Municipal Association states this bill will increase local expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2020 and each year thereafter and have no fiscal impact on local revenue.
The Department of State was originally contacted on December 29, 2018 and again on January 10, 2019 for a fiscal note worksheet, which they have not provided as of January 17, 2019.
METHODOLOGY:
This bill establishes a process for presidential primary candidates to petition any town moderator or city clerk to establish an instant polling booth or polling place. The New Hampshire Municipal Association indicates the proposal conflicts with numerous election statutes and states establishment of a fully functioning on demand polling place would involve a significant, but indeterminable increase in municipal expenditures. There would be no impact on municipal revenues.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
New Hampshire Municipal Association and Department of State
