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CACR21 Voting eligibility.

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Voting eligibility.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

3

Overall Impact Score

Harmful

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

5
💰

Your Wallet

No direct financial impact on taxpayers or household budgets is identified in the bill text.

4
🏘️

Your Community

The amendment restricts voting eligibility for non-citizen residents, which could affect local electoral outcomes and community representation depending on non-citizen voter participation levels.

3
⚖️

Your Freedom

The amendment narrows voting rights by adding a citizenship requirement to what the current constitution describes as a right for all inhabitants age 18+, thereby restricting the franchise for non-citizen residents.

Status

Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0455h: Motion Failed Regular Calendar 184-146 Lacking Necessary Three-Fifths Vote 03/11/2026 House Journal 7 P. 140

Voted Yes

182 R + 2 D

Voted No

1 R + 145 D

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Ross Berry (R)

The Short Version

This constitutional amendment would add a requirement that voters be U.S. citizens, changing the current constitutional guarantee that all inhabitants age 18+ have the right to vote. The practical effect depends on how many non-citizen residents currently vote in NH elections.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Proponents who believe non-citizens should not participate in elections

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Non-citizen residents (legal immigrants, visa holders, etc.) who currently have voting rights under the existing constitution and would lose them if this amendment is adopted

Roll Call Detail (1 vote)

Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.

Who actually supports this bill?

Across the 1 recorded vote on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans supported it ( 182 for , 1 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 2 for , 145 against ) .

"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.

Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-03-11
Passed

YES = Pass the bill with the attached amendment. NO = Reject the bill (as amended).

182R + 2D
Voted to Pass (184)
1R + 145D
Voted Against (146)
32
Absent
30
Not voting
Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (184)

Republicans (182)
Democrats (2)

Voted Nay (146)

Republicans (1)
Democrats (145)
Absent (32)

Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Cindy Bennett (R) , Dale Girard (D) , Dale Swanson (D) , David Love (R) , David Lundgren (R) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Dick Thackston (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Geoff Smith (D) , Jaci Grote (D) , James Gruber (D) , Jay Markell (R) , Jeanine Notter (R) , Jennifer Rhodes (R) , John Janigian (R) , Jonathan Smith (R) , Jose Cambrils (R) , Marc Plamondon (D) , Mark Warden (R) , Mary Ford (R) , Matthew Hicks (D) , Molly Howard (D) , Myles England (D) , Patricia Cornell (D) , Peggy Balboni (D) , Peter Lovett (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Ron Dunn (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tim Mannion (R) , Tom Dolan (R)

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Bill statuses as of October 7, 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.

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