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HB317 Allowing a supervisor of the checklist to verify a person's identity, with identification, if they personally know that person.

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Allowing a supervisor of the checklist to verify a person's identity, with identification, if they personally know that person.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

6

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

5
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Your Wallet

No direct financial impact to taxpayers or families identified in the bill text.

6
🏘️

Your Community

Modestly improves voting access for residents without photo ID who are known to local election officials, particularly benefiting nursing home residents with an explicit verification pathway.

7
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Your Freedom

Expands voting access by allowing identity verification through personal knowledge rather than requiring government-issued photo ID, increasing the ability of eligible voters to cast ballots.

Status

Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/10/2026; Chapter 284; eff. 09/08/2026

Voted Yes

193 R + 3 D

Voted No

2 R + 157 D

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Claudine Burnham (R)

The Short Version

This bill allows election officials who personally know a voter to verify their identity on election day without photo ID, replacing the previous requirement. It creates a new attestation form process with witness requirements and expands identity verification options for nursing home residents.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Registered voters without photo ID who are personally known to moderators, clerks, supervisors, or selectmen
  • ▲ Nursing home and similar facility residents, who gain explicit statutory authority for identity verification through facility administrators
  • ▲ Voters in small communities where election officials are likely to personally know constituents

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Election officials, who must complete and retain attestation forms and may face perjury liability for false attestations
  • ▼ Potentially voters who rely on impersonal verification processes and may face subjective determinations of whether they are 'personally known' to officials

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.

Adopt CofC Report 2026-06-04
Passed

YES = Yes. NO = No.

193R + 3D + 1I
Voted Yea (197)
2R + 157D
Voted Nay (159)
18
Absent
17
Not voting
Show all 391 individual votes

Voted Yea (197)

Republicans (193)
Democrats (3)
Independents (1)

Voted Nay (159)

Republicans (2)
Democrats (157)
Absent (18)

Beth Richards (D) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Chris Muns (D) , Darrell Louis (R) , Deborah Aylward (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Geoff Smith (D) , Jennifer Mandelbaum (D) , John Leavitt (R) , Laurence Miner (R) , Marjorie Smith (D) , Mark Pearson (R) , Maureen Mooney (R) , Richard Tripp (R) , Sheri Minor (R) , Stephen Pearson (R) , Terry Spahr (D) , Thomas Buco (D)

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

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