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CACR21 Voting eligibility.

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Voting eligibility.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

4

Overall Impact Score

Concerning

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

5
💰

Your Wallet

No direct financial impact.

4
🏘️

Your Community

Additional voting restrictions could reduce voter participation and disproportionately affect certain communities.

3
⚖️

Your Freedom

Restricts the fundamental right to vote by adding new eligibility barriers.

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

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Ross Berry (R)

The Short Version

Constitutional amendment tightening voting eligibility requirements. Failed to achieve the three-fifths supermajority needed despite receiving a simple majority. Would add new restrictions on who can vote in NH elections.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Proponents of stricter voter eligibility

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Voters who may be disenfranchised by new requirements
  • ▼ College students
  • ▼ Recently relocated residents

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 May 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.

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