HB1329 Requiring the secretary of state to add voters' ages to the voter file.
Requiring the secretary of state to add voters' ages to the voter file.
Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?
Overall Impact Score
Concerning
Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)
Your Wallet
No direct financial impact.
Your Community
Adding age data to voter files raises privacy concerns and could enable age-based targeting by campaigns and data brokers.
Your Freedom
Including voter ages in public files would reduce voter privacy and expose personal information to campaigns, marketers, and others.
Status
Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/11/2026 House Journal 7
Sponsor
Matthew Wilhelm (D)
The Short Version
Would have required voter ages to be included in the public voter file maintained by the Secretary of State. The bill was killed, keeping age data out of publicly accessible voter records.
Who's Behind This Bill?
Who Benefits
- ▲ Political campaigns and parties seeking demographic data
- ▲ Researchers studying voter demographics
Who Pays the Price
- ▼ All registered voters whose age data would become public
Bill statuses as of May 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.
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