House Amendment 8245
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend Senate File 2089, as passed by the Senate, as
1 2 follows:
1 3 #1. Page 1, line 5, by inserting after the word
1 4 <application> the following: <on a sheet of paper no
1 5 smaller than three by five inches in size>.
1 6 #2. Page 1, by inserting before line 16, the
1 7 following:
1 8 <Sec. . Section 53.2, subsection 4, Code
1 9 Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows:
1 10 4. Each application shall contain the name and
1 11 signature of the registered voter, the registered
1 12 voter's date of birth, the address at which the voter
1 13 is registered to vote, and the name or date of the
1 14 election for which the absentee ballot is requested,
1 15 and such other information as may be necessary to
1 16 determine the correct absentee ballot for the
1 17 registered voter. If insufficient information has
1 18 been provided, either on the prescribed form or on an
1 19 application created by the applicant, the commissioner
1 20 shall, by the best means available, obtain the
1 21 additional necessary information.>
1 22 #3. Page 1, by inserting before line 16 the
1 23 following:
1 24 <Sec. . Section 53.3, Code 2007, is amended to
1 25 read as follows:
1 26 53.3 RECEIPT REQUIRED REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN
1 27 ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATIONS == PRESCRIBED FORM ==
1 28 RECEIPT.
1 29 1. When an application for an absentee ballot is
1 30 solicited by, or collected for return to the
1 31 commissioner by, a person acting as an actual or
1 32 implied agent for a political party, candidate, or
1 33 committee, as defined by chapter 68A, the person shall
1 34 provide the applicant with the form prescribed by the
1 35 state commissioner.
1 36 2. a. When an application for an absentee ballot
1 37 is solicited by, and returned to the commissioner by,
1 38 a person acting as an actual or implied agent for a
1 39 political party, candidate, or committee, as defined
1 40 by chapter 68A, the person shall issue to the
1 41 applicant a receipt for the completed application.
1 42 b. The receipt shall contain the following
1 43 information:
1 44 1. (1) The name of the applicant.
1 45 2. (2) The date and time the completed application
1 46 was received from the applicant.
1 47 3. (3) The name and date of the election for which
1 48 the application is being completed.
1 49 4. (4) The name of the political party, candidate,
1 50 or committee for whom the person is soliciting and
2 1 returning the application for the absentee ballot.
2 2 5. (5) The name of the person acting as an actual
2 3 or implied agent for the political party, candidate,
2 4 or committee.
2 5 6. (6) A statement that the application will be
2 6 delivered to the appropriate commissioner within
2 7 seventy=two hours of the date and time the completed
2 8 application was received from the applicant or no
2 9 later than five p.m. on the Friday before the
2 10 election, whichever is earlier.
2 11 7. (7) A statement that an absentee ballot will be
2 12 mailed to the applicant within twenty=four hours after
2 13 the ballot for the election is available.
2 14 c. The commissioner shall make receipt forms
2 15 required by this section available for photocopying at
2 16 the expense of the political party, candidate, or
2 17 committee.>
2 18 #4. By renumbering as necessary.
2 19
2 20
2 21
2 22 COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
2 23 MASCHER of Johnson, CHAIRPERSON
2 24 SF 2089.203 82
2 25 sc/nh/11341
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