CHAPTER 96
HB 503 – FINAL VERSION
2015 SESSION
15-0641
03/06
HOUSE BILL 503
AN ACT relative to presidential primary ballots.
SPONSORS: Rep. Fields, Belk 4; Rep. Schroadter, Rock 17; Rep. Cote, Hills 31; Rep. Berube, Straf 18; Rep. Gallagher, Belk 4; Rep. Chandler, Carr 1; Rep. Gidge, Hills 33; Rep. Hoelzel, Rock 3; Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20
This bill requires that names be listed on presidential primary ballots using the same procedure applicable to other ballots. This bill also authorizes a commemorative heading or endorsement on the ballots.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15-0641
03/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT relative to presidential primary ballots.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
96:1 Presidential Primary Ballots. Amend RSA 656:32 to read as follows:
656:32 Other Provisions. The provisions of RSA 656:24-656:28 relating to state primary election ballots shall apply to presidential primary ballots[, except that candidates on the presidential primary ballot shall be listed in the alphabetical order of their surnames].
96:2 Commemorative Heading or Endorsement. The secretary of state may place a special heading or endorsement on presidential primary ballots commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of the New Hampshire presidential primary and the one hundredth anniversary of the New Hampshire “First-in-the-Nation” presidential primary. This authority shall expire on December 1, 2020.
96:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 30 days after its passage.
Approved: June 5, 2015
Effective Date: July 5, 2015