Bill Text - HB483 (2005)

Relative to instructions to be placed on the general election ballot.


Revision: Jan. 21, 2010, midnight

CHAPTER 62

HB 483 – FINAL VERSION

2005 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 483

AN ACT relative to instructions to be placed on the general election ballot.

SPONSORS: Rep. Dorsett, Graf 8; Rep. Dickinson, Carr 1; Rep. Drisko, Hills 5; Rep. Reeves, Hills 8

COMMITTEE: Election Law

ANALYSIS

This bill clarifies the general election ballot instructions regarding the number of persons to be voted for.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five

AN ACT relative to instructions to be placed on the general election ballot.

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

62:1 Voting Materials; State General Election; Designation of Office. 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 phrase shall be printed in small but easily legible letters “Vote for [any] not more than _____ (here insert a number designating how many persons are to be voted for).”

62:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: May 23, 2005)

(Effective Date: July 22, 2005)