HB281 Requiring electronic voter checklists to be supplied in a sortable format.
Requiring electronic voter checklists to be supplied in a sortable format.
Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?
Overall Impact Score
Concerning
Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)
Your Wallet
The bill specifies electronic copies already in existence be provided without charge, creating no new taxpayer costs.
Your Community
The bill is a procedural change to data format and does not affect community services, schools, or local infrastructure.
Your Freedom
The bill makes publicly available voter information more accessible to candidates and parties in a more usable format, but does not expand or restrict individual rights since the underlying data access already exists by law.
Status
Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/10/2026; Chapter 283; eff. 09/08/2026
Sponsor
Robert Wherry (R)
The Short Version
This bill requires that electronic voter checklists provided to candidates and political parties be supplied in sortable formats (spreadsheet or CSV) rather than fixed formats. It affects how campaigns and parties access absentee voter applicant information that is already publicly available under New Hampshire law.
Who's Behind This Bill?
Who Benefits
- ▲ Candidates whose names appear on ballots
- ▲ Political parties
- ▲ Campaign organizations that request absentee voter applicant lists
Who Pays the Price
- ▼ No identifiable group bears a direct cost; the bill modifies technical format of existing public data access
Bill statuses as of October 7, 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.
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