2025 Legislation Action Page
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Progress of all bills at the bottom of the page.
Bills we're tracking:
April 22nd Bills
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relative to absentee ballot outer envelopes. |
Public Hearing: 4/22/2025 at 10:40 a.m. |
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Support
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relative to the number of polling stations that are available for certain towns. |
Public Hearing: 4/22/2025 at 11:20 a.m. |
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Oppose
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removing articles of clothing from the definition of electioneering. |
Public Hearing: 4/22/2025 at 11:40 a.m. |
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Support
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requiring municipalities to post a copy of election return forms on their websites and in public locations. |
Public Hearing: 4/22/2025 at 1:00 p.m. |
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Oppose
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relative to absentee voting.
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Public Hearing: 4/22/2025 at 2:00 p.m. |
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Oppose
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requiring applicants for absentee ballots to present a copy of their photo identification with their application. |
Public Hearing: 4/22/2025 at 2:40 p.m. |
April 15th Bills
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limiting how far in advance of an election an absentee ballot may be requested.
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Public Hearing: 4/15/2025 at 9:15 a.m. |
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Support
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(New Title) prohibiting certain candidates for political office from participating in counting ballots. |
Public Hearing: 4/15/2025 at 9:45 a.m. |
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Support
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directing the secretary of state to implement a vulnerability disclosure program for certain election systems. |
Public Hearing: 4/15/2025 at 10:30 a.m. |
April 1st Bills
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relative to proof of United States citizenship for indigent voters |
Executive Session: 4/1/2025 at 10:00 a.m. |
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Oppose
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Political Ads relative to political advertising printed in newspapers, periodicals, or billboards. |
Public Hearing: 4/1/2025 at 9:15 a.m. |
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Support
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relative to the date for correction of the voter checklist. |
Public Hearing: 4/1/2025 at 9:30 a.m. |
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Support
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relative to the processing of absentee ballots |
Public Hearing: 4/1/2025 at 9:45 a.m. |
March 25th, 26th & 27th Bills
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requiring applicants for absentee ballots to present a copy of their photo identification with their application. |
Senate Floor Vote: 3/27/2025 |
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Oppose
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relative to absentee ballots |
House Floor Vote: 3/26/2025 |
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Support
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reestablishing voter identification exceptions |
House Floor Vote: 3/26/2025 |
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Support
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relating to the drawing of district boundaries. Providing that no district boundaries shall be drawn in a way that favors or disfavors any political party or candidate. establishing redistricting criteria. |
House Floor Vote: 3/25/2025 - 3/26/2025 |
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Oppose
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allowing private persons to sue for violations of election laws. |
House Floor Vote: 3/25/2025 |
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Support
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relative to permissible campaign contributions by business organizations and labor unions relative to campaign disclosures for limited liability companies. relative to defined coordinated expenditures |
House Floor Vote: 3/25/2025 - 3/26/2025 |
March 18th Bills
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requiring applicants for absentee ballots to present a copy of their photo identification with their application. |
Executive Session: 3/18/2025 |
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Oppose
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requiring the presentation of a government-issued photographic means of identification in order to vote |
Executive Session: 3/18/2025 |
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Oppose
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regarding domicile qualifications for voting |
Executive Session: 3/18/2025 |
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Oppose
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relative to eligibility for absentee voting relative to absentee ballots requiring a voter to provide identification when requesting an absentee ballot. |
Executive Session: 3/18/2025 |
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enables election officials to verify the single use of an out-of-state driver's license presented when a person votes by using the centralized voter registration database. preventing the use of student identification cards as a means to obtain a ballot. |
Executive Session: 3/18/2025 |
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Support
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reestablishing voter identification exceptions |
Executive Session: 3/18/2025 |
March 11th Bills
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requiring applicants for absentee ballots to present a copy of their photo identification with their application. |
Public Hearing: 3/11/2025 at 9:30 a.m. |
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Oppose
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relative to absentee voting. |
Senate Floor Vote: 3/13/2025 |
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Oppose
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preventing a supervisor of the checklist from verifying a person's identity without identification, even if they personally know that person. |
Executive Session: 3/11/2025 |
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Oppose
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requiring the presentation of a government-issued photographic means of identification in order to vote |
Executive Session: 3/11/2025 |
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Oppose
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regarding domicile qualifications for voting |
Executive Session: 3/11/2025 |
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Support
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relative to permissible campaign contributions by business organizations and labor unions |
Executive Session: 3/11/2025 |
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Oppose
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relative to proof of United States citizenship for indigent voters |
House Floor Vote: 3/13/2025 |
March 4th Bills
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enabling no-excuse absentee registration and voting. |
Public Hearing: 3/4/2025 at 9:15 a.m. |
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Oppose
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relative to the authority of moderators on election day. |
Public Hearing: 3/4/2025 at 9:45 a.m. |
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Support
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relative to absentee ballot outer envelopes. |
Public Hearing: 3/4/2025 at 10:00 a.m. |
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Support
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allowing political parties to request recounts when no candidate is named on the ballot. |
Public Hearing: 3/4/2025 at 10:40a.m. |
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Support
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requiring background checks of the private companies and their contractors who program and maintain New Hampshire voting machines. |
Public Hearing: 3/4/2025 at 11:00a.m. |
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Oppose
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allowing private persons to sue for violations of election laws. |
Public Hearing: 3/4/2025 at 11:40a.m. |
February 25th Bills
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relating to the drawing of district boundaries. Providing that no district boundaries shall be drawn in a way that favors or disfavors any political party or candidate. |
Public Hearing: 2/25/2025 at 9:00 a.m. |
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Support
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establishing redistricting criteria. |
Public Hearing: 2/25/2025 at 9:20 a.m. |
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Oppose
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enabling school districts to adopt partisan school district elections. |
Public Hearing: 2/25/2025 at 10:00 a.m. |
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Oppose
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changing the method for adopting partisan town elections to be the same as rescinding partisan town elections. |
Public Hearing: 2/25/2025 at 10:40 a.m. |
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Oppose
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relative to the term for supervisors of the checklist. |
Public Hearing: 2/25/2025 at 11:40 a.m. |
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Support
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enabling ranked-choice voting for municipal elections. |
Public Hearing: 2/25/2025 at 1:00 p.m. |
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Support
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authorizing online voter registration. |
Public Hearing: 2/25/2025 at 3:10 p.m. |
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closing the presidential or state primary of political parties. |
Public Hearing: 2/25/2025 at 3:30 p.m. |
Earlier February Bills
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SB221
relative to the verification of the checklist. |
Public Hearing: 2/18/2025 at 9:45 a.m. |
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Support
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requiring the secretary of state to check voter records prior to every election |
Public Hearing: 2/18/2025 at 10:40 a.m. |
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Oppose
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requiring the election checklist to have a column to annotate if a non-New Hampshire issued form of identification is provided to vote. |
Public Hearing: 2/18/2025 at 11:20 a.m. |
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Support
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creating a single primary ballot. |
Public Hearing: 2/18/2025 at 1:00 p.m. |
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Oppose
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enabling voters to request to have their ballots hand-counted. |
Public Hearing: 2/18/2025 at 1:40 p.m. |
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Oppose
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relative to ballot counting procedures and permitting the hand counting of ballots. |
Public Hearing: 2/18/2025 at 2:30 p.m. |
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Oppose
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preventing a supervisor of the checklist from verifying a person's identity without identification, even if they personally know that person. |
Public Hearing: 2/18/2025 at 3:20 p.m. |
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Support
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Establishing election day holiday |
Public Hearing: 2/12/2025 at 11:00 a.m. |
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Support
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requiring the secretary of state to enter into a membership agreement with the Electronic Registration Information Center |
Public Hearing: 2/11/2025 at 9:15 a.m. |
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Oppose
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relative to using college or university student identification cards to obtain a ballot |
Public Hearing: 2/11/2025 at 10:00 a.m. |
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Oppose
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preventing the use of student identification cards as a means to obtain a ballot |
Public Hearing: 2/11/2025 at 10:00 a.m. |
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Oppose
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requiring the presentation of a government-issued photographic means of identification in order to vote |
Public Hearing: 2/11/2025 at 10:30 a.m. |
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Oppose
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regarding domicile qualifications for voting |
Public Hearing: 2/11/2025 at 10:50 a.m. |
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Support
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reestablishing voter identification exceptions |
Public Hearing: 2/11/2025 at 11:20 a.m. |
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Oppose
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enables election officials to verify the single use of an out-of-state driver's license presented when a person votes by using the centralized voter registration database |
Public Hearing: 2/11/2025 at 11:40 a.m. |
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Oppose
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relative to proof of United States citizenship for indigent voters |
Public Hearing: 2/11/2025 at 1:00 p.m. |
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Oppose
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requiring voters to prove domicile |
Public Hearing: 2/11/2025 at 1:20 p.m. |
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Oppose
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restricting undeclared voters from same-day voting in a presidential or state primary |
Public Hearing: 2/11/2025 at 1:40 p.m. |
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Support
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relative to campaign disclosures for limited liability companies. |
Public Hearing: 2/11/2025 at 2:00 p.m. |
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Support
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relative to defined coordinated expenditures |
Public Hearing: 2/11/2025 at 2:20 p.m. |
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Support
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relative to permissible campaign contributions by business organizations and labor unions |
Public Hearing: 2/11/2025 at 2:40 p.m. |
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Support
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CACR5 relating to absentee ballots. Providing that no excuse shall be needed by the voter to receive an absentee ballot |
Public Hearing: 2/4/2025 at 10:00 a.m. |
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HB418 relative to eligibility for absentee voting |
Public Hearing: 2/4/2025 at 10:20 a.m. |
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Support
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HB136 extending the time period for delivery of an absentee ballot from 5:00 p.m. to the close of the polls |
Public Hearing: 2/4/2025 at 10:40 a.m. |
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Oppose
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HB158 relative to public inspection of absentee ballot lists |
Public Hearing: 2/4/2025 at 11:00 a.m. |
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Oppose
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HB217 relative to absentee ballots |
Public Hearing: 2/4/2025 at 11:20 a.m. |
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Oppose
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HB288 requires that absentee ballots be requested at least 6 months prior to any election for which the absentee ballot is requested |
Public Hearing: 2/4/2025 at 1:00 p.m. |
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Support
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HB403 relative to weather conditions which enable absentee voting |
Public Hearing: 2/4/2025 at 1:40 p.m. |
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Support
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HB294 relative to the processing of absentee ballots |
Public Hearing: 2/4/2025 at 2:00 p.m. |
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Oppose
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HB686 requiring a voter to provide identification when requesting an absentee ballot |
Public Hearing: 2/4/2025 at 2:30 p.m. |
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Support
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HB344 enables the processing of absentee ballots before election day |
Public Hearing: 2/4/2025 at 3:00 p.m. |
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Oppose
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HB608 requiring moderators to inspect absentee ballot affidavits for full execution including use of a notary, election officer, or any person authorized by law to administer oaths |
Public Hearing: 2/4/2025 at 3:20 p.m. |
January Bills
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HB 352 prohibiting possession of a firearm at a polling place |
Public Hearing: 1/30/2025 at 12:00 p.m. |
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Oppose
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HB 149 relative to warrant article approvals at ballot referenda form of town meeting |
Public Hearing: 1/30/2025 at 10:10 a.m. |
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Support
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HB630 AI/Deepfakes preventing the dissemination of deepfake materials of political candidates before an election. |
Public Hearing: 1/28/2025 at 1:00 p.m. |
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Support
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HB389 Campaign Finance requiring candidates to attest they have not spent more than $1,000 in an election. |
Public Hearing: 1/28/2025 at 1:50 p.m. |
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Oppose
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HB107 Political Ads relative to political advertising printed in newspapers, periodicals, or billboards. |
Public Hearing: 1/28/2025 at 10:00 a.m. |
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Support 
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HB67 Accessible Voting Machines relative to agreements with the secretary of state for the use of accessible voting systems. |
Public Hearing: 1/21/2025 at 10:20 a.m. Link to Sign in on House Bills Link to UJoin Email |
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Oppose 
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SB44 Public Hand Recounts |
Public Hearing: 1/21/2025 at 9:30 a.m. |
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Support
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HB133 modifying the new resident drivers’ license transfer requirements, specifying when the division of motor vehicles shall send violation notices, and appropriating funds to the division for technological upgrades required for legal compliance. |
Public Hearing: 1/21/2025 at 1:00 p.m. |
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Support
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SB16 requiring municipalities to post a copy of election return forms on their websites and in public locations. |
Public Hearing: 1/14/2025 at 9:40 a.m. |
Candidate surveys
2018 congressional candidate survey
Our cross-partisan survey of 2018 congressional primary candidates’ positions on the issue of money in politics.
Open Democracy Action is not endorsing any candidate in the congressional primaries, but co-chair Rick Bourdon said, “Citizens should know where these candidates stand on the issue of campaign funding, before they decide how to vote.”
Open Democracy Action did not fact-check whether the campaigns were following the self-imposed restrictions reported by the candidates. Campaign fundraising information is available on the Federal Elections Commission website: records for First District candidates are available here; and here for Second District candidates. Clicking on a candidate’s name leads to a “Financial Summary” and more detailed data is available by clicking on the hyperlinked amounts for the various categories. The “Other committee contributions” category includes donations from other politicians’ committees, labor union and professional association PACs, “Leadership PACs” affiliated with particular elected officials, and other types of PACs.
Some candidates did not respond to Open Democracy Action’s survey before the deadline. If any of those candidates respond later, their answers will be added to the online compilation.
2016 candidate surveys
Open Democracy Action (ODA) sent its We The People survey in August to all primary candidates for the NH House, NH Senate, executive council, governor, US Congress, and U.S. Senate. We then reached out again to those Republican and Democratic nominees who had not responded in August.
The survey results reflect strong bipartisan concern about the influence of big money in politics. Eighty-eight percent of the 101 candidates who responded to the survey, Republicans and Democrats alike, said they endorse a political reform agenda designed to reduce the influence of large campaign donations.
More than two-thirds of Republicans and nearly all Democrats who responded signed on to the reform agenda. Sixty-nine percent received a B+ or higher overall grade on the survey.
Click here to learn more about our methodology. Click on the responses below to learn where the people who represent you stand on key election reform issues.
US House, NH Executive Council, and NH Senate
N.H. House
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Responses sorted by district
Non-candidates in general election