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HB1284 • 2026

requiring the inclusion of a voter's year of birth on the voter checklist.

requiring the inclusion of a voter's year of birth on the voter checklist.

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Sponsor
Linda McGrath (R)
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HOUSE
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requiring the inclusion of a voter's year of birth on the voter checklist.

requiring the inclusion of a voter's year of birth on the voter checklist.

What This Bill Does

  • requiring the inclusion of a voter's year of birth on the voter checklist.

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Official Summary Text

requiring the inclusion of a voter's year of birth on the voter checklist.

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HB 1284 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-2864
08/06

HOUSE BILL
1284

AN ACT
requiring the inclusion of a voter's year of birth on the voter checklist.

SPONSORS: Rep. McGrath, Rock. 40

COMMITTEE: Election Law

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ANALYSIS

This bill requires the inclusion of a voter's year of birth on the voter checklist.

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26-2864
08/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
requiring the inclusion of a voter's year of birth on the voter checklist.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Preparing Checklist. Amend RSA 654:25 to read as follows:
654:25 Preparing Checklist. The secretary of state shall issue and distribute guidelines for the content, composition, and style of checklists and for the maintenance of data related to checklists by which the supervisors of the checklist shall compile and correct the checklist. Such guidelines shall specify the information which will be maintained and updated by the supervisors. The secretary shall establish standard forms and procedures for the use of the supervisors for the maintenance of such information. The information to be maintained and updated shall include the full name,
year of birth,
domicile address, mailing address, and party affiliation, if any, of each voter on the checklist and such other information as the secretary requires. Every checklist used at any election shall at a minimum contain the full name,
year of birth,
domicile address, mailing address, and party affiliation, if any, of each voter on the checklist. The paper checklists used by ballot clerks on election day need not include mailing addresses. The name and address of a voter shall not appear on the checklist at the request of the voter if the voter presents to the supervisors of the checklist a valid protective order pursuant to RSA 173-B. The name, domicile address, and mailing address, if different, of such a voter shall be maintained on a separate list of voters, which shall be nonpublic and not subject to RSA 91-A. If it is necessary to establish such a nonpublic list, the public checklist shall be marked at the end with a notation of the number of voters whose names are maintained on the nonpublic list.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.