HB 1197  - AS INTRODUCED

2022 SESSION

22-2451

11/08

HOUSE BILL 1197

AN ACT relative to the definition of "party" for election purposes.

SPONSORS: Rep. Craig, Coos 4

COMMITTEE: Election Law

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ANALYSIS

This bill modifies the definition of "party" for election purposes.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2451

11/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT relative to the definition of "party" for election purposes.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1  Elections; Definitions; Party.  Amend RSA 652:11 to read as follows:

652:11 Party.  "Party" shall mean any political organization which at the preceding state general election received at least [4] one percent of the total number of votes cast for any one of the following: the office of governor or the offices of United States senators.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.