SB438

Senate · 2026 sessionDemocraticSigned into law

Voter database access at polling places

Requires the secretary of state and town and city clerks to ensure every polling place has access to the statewide centralized voter registration database during operating hours on election days.

(Second New Title) relative to access to the centralized voter registration database on election days.

ElectionsMunicipalities

Status

Signed into law · July 9, 2026

✓Introduced
✓Senate
✓House
✓Governor
✓Law

Division of testimony

134 submissions

Support 129Oppose 5Neutral 0

Stefanie GriffinSupportDurham, NHfor MyselfMar 31, 2026

Voting is important in a Democracy and we should be encouraging young people to vote rather than making it more difficult.

Sharon RacusinSupportHanover, NHfor MyselfMar 31, 2026

Most important: This bill ensures that no eligible voter is denied the right to vote. SB438 bill would allow the Department of Safety and the Secretary of State (SOS) to create a process for sharing specific information regarding Real ID applicants. It authorizes the Department of Safety and the Secretary of State to establish a process for sharing certain information about REAL ID applicants.

Heather PikeSupportTamworth, NHfor MyselfMar 31, 2026

This bill would make it easier for people to resolve any issues keeping them from registering to vote. Support.

Shirley MontgomerySupportHanover, NHfor MyselfMar 31, 2026

I support this bill because I think this bill helps ensure that no eligible voter is denied the right to vote.

Anna MeigsOpposelyndeborough, NHfor MyselfMar 31, 2026

The United States has a very very low rate of election fraud. Trump insisted after the election of 2020 that there had been massive fraud. Endless recounts and researches were done all over the country. A very minimal amount of fraud was found. Trump, whose poll numbers are low and declining, is worried his party may not do well in the midterms. He is promoting "election security" and the "Save Act". We don't need it. He could use it to try to steal the election.

Steven BorneSupportRye, NHfor MyselfMar 31, 2026

How many of your bills this year will actually help more people participate in our democracy? Not many. This will not only help people be involved but will take cost/effort out of government, saving us money.

Lori RoukeySupportNew Durham, NHfor MyselfMar 31, 2026

I support the sharing of information between the Department of Safety and the Secretary of State's office for the purpose of verifying voter registration.

Nancy JerauldSupportLitchfield, NHfor MyselfMar 31, 2026

This bill places barriers to voting for college students and is discriminatory. A deliberate attempt to disenfranchise them. I am against this bill. Please vote against it.

Kathleen MalsbendenSupportNewmarket, NHfor MyselfMar 31, 2026

I support SB?438 because it allows the Department of Safety to securely share REAL?ID citizenship information with the Secretary of State to help verify voter eligibility. This measure strengthens the accuracy of our voter registration database while protecting individuals’ ability to prove citizenship in a reliable, secure way. Ensuring both election integrity and access to the ballot builds public confidence in our democratic process.

Linda BundySupportAntrim, NHfor MyselfMar 31, 2026

Enabling the department of safety and the secretary of state to develop a process to share certain information regarding REAL ID applicants will allow some eligible voters to vote, when they otherwise might be turned away on election day.

Donna TullySupportLittleton, NHfor MyselfMar 31, 2026

I submit this testimony for the benefit of NH residents.

Rosemary D'ArcySupportBristol, NHfor MyselfMar 31, 2026

This will help head off the SAVE ACT suite of bills currently under consideration by Congress, which would require mostly married women with a name change to present a passport and birth certificate when registering to vote.

Ruth NivenSupportFranklin, NHfor MyselfMar 31, 2026

This bill makes sense. Please support SB438. Thank you, Ruth Niven, Franklin, NH

james sullivanOpposebedford, NHfor MyselfMar 31, 2026

there is too much monitoring and aggregating of private person information at the state and federal level. this should be performed as a secure audit on a one time basis and the secretary of state should not be able to scan information as needed without very strict audits in place that are available for public scrutiny. the secretary of state should petition for specific information for validation and an outside auditor should be able to validate that a copy of the information was not shared to other state agencies.

Chrisinda LynchSupportConcord, NHfor MyselfMar 31, 2026

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Debora HatcherSupportDover, NHfor MyselfMar 31, 2026

The NH legislature has passed so many laws making it harder for citizens in our state to vote. I support the sharing of data between the Department of Safety and the Secretary of State when it will help the SOS verify the accuracy of information in the centralized voter registration database using information already provided by citizens to the state.

Joanna AndrosSupportWalpole, NHfor MyselfMar 31, 2026

This bill makes sense.

David LevineSupportHopkinton, NHfor MyselfMar 31, 2026

I support this bill relative to the sharing of data between the department of safety and the secretary of state for the purposes of verifying the accuracy of information in the centralized voter registration database.