HB1223 Relative to the moderator's authority to verify the device count during an election.
Relative to the moderator's authority to verify the device count during an election.
Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?
Overall Impact Score
Mixed
Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)
Your Wallet
The bill does not specify funding mechanisms or estimate costs for moderators to perform additional hand counts in elections.
Your Community
Creates transparency and verification procedures that may increase public confidence in election accuracy and require clerks to publicly post detailed election return information.
Your Freedom
Expands moderator authority to independently verify election results and increases public access to detailed election data, enhancing voter confidence and election oversight.
Status
Special Order next order ofbusiness (Rep. Scully): Motion Failed DV 27-319 03/12/2026 House Journal 8 P. 49
Sponsor
Kevin Scully (R)
The Short Version
This bill gives election moderators the authority to conduct hand counts of ballots to verify machine tabulator accuracy, with hand counts taking precedence if they differ from machine results. All discrepancies must be reported to local clerks and made public, creating a new verification mechanism in NH elections.
Who's Behind This Bill?
Who Benefits
- ▲ Election moderators (gain discretionary authority to conduct hand counts)
- ▲ NH voters (gain additional verification mechanism and access to detailed election results)
- ▲ Election transparency advocates (detailed public reporting of any machine-count discrepancies)
Who Pays the Price
- ▼ Municipal budgets (potential unreimbursed costs for moderator time performing hand counts)
- ▼ Election workers (additional work if hand counts are performed)
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