The New Hampshire Senate voted to sustain the Governor’s veto of SB 179
Sb 179 would have required a person to live in New Hampshire for 30 days before registering to vote.
Currently, 47 states and the District of Columbia require a citizen to be either a resident, or to be registered to vote, or both, for some period of time before voting. Voter residency or registration requirements of 20 days or more are in place in 40 states, and 27 of those require 30 days.
A WMUR Granite State Poll released on July 21, 2015, found that a majority, 57%, of Granite Staters support this law, 28% opposed it, and 14% are neutral or don’t know enough to say.
The New Hampshire Senate voted on 09/16/2015 as follows:
Question/Motion: Notwithstanding the Governor’s veto shall the bill SB179 become law?
Yeas: 13
Avard (R)
Birdsell (R)
Boutin (R)
Bradley (R)
Carson (R)
Cataldo (R)
Daniels (R)
Forrester (R)
Morse (R)
Prescott (R)
Reagan (R)
Sanborn (R)
Stiles (R)
Nays: 11
D’Allesandro (D)
Feltes (D)
Fuller Clark (D)
Hosmer (D)
Kelly (D)
Lasky (D)
Little (R)
Pierce (D)
Soucy (D)
Watters (D)
Woodburn (D)