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House panel backs making accessible voting machines program permanent
Summary
The House Election Law Committee voted unanimously to recommend HB 67, which would move a temporary pilot that shares state-owned accessible voting machines with towns into a permanent program and authorize funding to buy additional systems.
The House Election Law Committee voted 17-0 to recommend that the full House pass HB 67, a bill to convert a temporary pilot program that shares state-owned accessible voting machines with municipalities into a permanent statewide arrangement and to authorize funding for additional equipment.
The bill was introduced by Representative Robert Wherry, who said the measure would finish work begun in 2024 to expand private, independent voting for people with disabilities. "This bill simply seeks to remove the pilot program or to move the pilot program into a permanent agreement beginning in July of 2025," Wherry said during the committee hearing.
The bill follows last year’s HB 1264, which required the Secretary of State’s office to pilot the sharing of accessible voting machines with towns during the first six months of 2025 to cover town-meeting sessions. David Scanlon, New Hampshire’s secretary of state, told the committee the office has already made state-owned devices available to towns…
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