CHAPTER 43

HB 336 - FINAL VERSION

16Mar2023... 0736h

2023 SESSION

23-0153

09/04

HOUSE BILL 336

AN ACT relative to the format of election ballots.

SPONSORS: Rep. M. Cahill, Rock. 10

COMMITTEE: Election Law

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ANALYSIS

This bill changes the language on election ballots relative to the number of candidates that a voter should choose.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16Mar2023... 0736h 23-0153

09/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

AN ACT relative to the format of election ballots.

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

43:1  Designation of Office on Election Ballots.  Amend RSA 656:6 to read as follows:

656:6  Designation of Office.  Immediately to the left of the set of party columns shall be an offices column which shall list the offices, each preceded by the word "For," for which the candidates whose names are listed in the party columns have been nominated, as in "For Governor." Below [each such] the appropriate phrase shall be printed in small but easily legible letters:

I.  "Vote for not more than [ (here insert a number designating how many persons are to be voted for)."] 1" (if there is only one office to be filled, such as the governor or state senator); or

II.  "Vote for up to X” (insert the number of offices to be filled) "X will be elected” (insert the number of offices to be filled).  

43:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 19, 2023

Effective Date: July 18, 2023