HB 429 – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
06/06/07 1968s
2007 SESSION
03/04
HOUSE BILL 429
AN ACT relative to nominations by write-in vote.
SPONSORS: Rep. M. Smith, Straf 7; Rep. Clemons, Hills 24; Rep. Weed, Ches 3; Rep. D. Eaton, Ches 2; Rep. Splaine, Rock 16; Sen. Burling, Dist 5
This bill increases the number of write-in votes needed to receive a nomination in cases where another candidate is disqualified from receiving the nomination because he or she ran for that office on a different party’s ballot.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
06/06/07 1968s
07-0271
03/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to nominations by write-in vote.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Disqualification of Candidate, Write-in Votes. Amend RSA 659:91-a, II to read as follows:
II. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 655:37, if any candidate is disqualified from accepting the nomination of another party by means of write-in votes because the candidate is disqualified under the provisions of paragraph I, then the nomination shall be given to the candidate who received the highest number of write-in votes and who was not disqualified under the provisions of paragraph I, so long as he or she receives [10] 100 write-in votes, or write-in votes equaling [10] 20 percent or more of the total votes cast for that party on the state primary election ballot, whichever is the smaller.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.