Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires voters verify their identity in order to receive an absentee ballot.

Highlights:

• Specifies if an absentee voter indicates in the mailed-in absentee ballot application form that such voter wishes the absentee ballot to be mailed to an address other than that shown in the official checklist, and such voter returns the absentee ballot by mail, such voter shall be treated as a verified voter provided (Sec. 1.I):

• The voter voluntarily shows the clerk a photo identification that meets the requirements of RSA 659:13, II a before election day; or

• The voter voluntarily includes a notarized signature on his or her completed absentee ballot application form.

• Requires the clerk to mark the absentee ballot affidavit envelope "voter verified" and note on the clerk's list of absentee voters that the voter has been verified. The verified voter's signatures on the application for an absentee ballot shall not be compared to the voter's signature on the absentee ballot affidavit on election day (Sec. 1.II).

• Specifies a voter who does not provide verification will not be treated as a verified voter, and his or her signature on the application for an absentee ballot will be compared to his or her signature on the absentee ballot affidavit on election day in the same manner as other voters (Sec. 1.III).

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