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SB 216 · 2025 · Senate · Election Law and Municipal Affairs Committee

Election day moderator authority

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relative to the authority of moderators on election day.

Defines the authority of election-day moderators over electioneering corridors and electioneering areas at polling places.AI-generated

Status

Killed in the Senate — Inexpedient to Legislate · March 20, 2025
  1. ✓Introduced
  2. ✕Senate
  3. House
  4. Governor
  5. Law

Analysis

This bill defines the authority of moderators on election day over electioneering corridors and electioneering areas.

From the bill's official ANALYSIS section.

In the bill's words

Quoted verbatim from the bill as introduced. Passages chosen from the operative text.Computed by this site

“The moderator shall establish one or more no-electioneering corridors, no less than 10 feet wide, that extend from all entrances of the polling place a reasonable distance along the sidewalks or to the parking lots that serve the polling place.”
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“The moderator shall establish the corridor in a manner that permits a voter arriving or leaving the polling place to enter or exit without interruption or interference from individuals outside the corridor, and that permits a voter to step to the edge of the corridor and speak with those electioneering if he or she chooses.”
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“The moderator shall not extend the no-electioneering corridor beyond the property at which the election is being conducted.”
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“The moderator shall only have control over the no-electioneering corridors during the hours that the polling place is ending.”
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Official record

Bill page — docket & status

gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source

Sponsors

Sen. Tim McGoughRPrime
  • Sen. Timothy LangRVice Chair· Election Law and Municipal Affairs
  • Sen. Daniel InnisRChair, Majority Policy Conference
  • Sen. Keith MurphyRDeputy President Pro Tempore
  • Sen. Bill GannonRChair· Judiciary
  • Sen. Howard PearlRChair· Executive Departments and Administration
  • Rep. Jason OsborneRMajority Leader

Also: Sen. David WattersD, Rep. Julie MilesR

Public testimony

No one submitted online testimony on this bill. See the record

Votes

yeanay
Starting text: Bill as introduced
  • Mar 20, 2025SenateCommittee report: Inexpedient to Legislate4–0
    Overall
    100% yea
  • Mar 20, 2025SenateVoice voteInexpedient to Legislateadopted

Hearings and debates

  • Mar 4, 2025Public hearingSenate Election Law and Municipal Affairs1:03:02–1:04:181m 16slocated in the stream transcriptHearing
  • Mar 20, 2025Floor debateSenate floorWatchnot located in the transcript — opens the full streamCommittee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate; Inexpedient to Legislate — adopted, voice vote

Timestamps locate where this bill is taken up in the chamber's YouTube stream.

Legislative history

  1. Jan 9, 2025SenIntroduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 3
  2. Mar 4, 2025SenHearing: 03/04/2025, Room 103, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 11
  3. Mar 20, 2025Sen: Inexpedient to Legislate, 03/20/2025, Vote 4-0, CC; SC 13
  4. Mar 20, 2025SenInexpedient to Legislate, MA, VV === BILL KILLED ===; 03/20/2025; SJ 8

Coverage

No reporting linked yet.

Documents (PDF)

  • Introducedversion

Bill text & amendments link direct to gc.nh.gov; committee reports stream from the state record.