Revision: Jan. 1, 2008, midnight
CHAPTER 142
HB 1204 – FINAL VERSION
2008 SESSION
03/09
HOUSE BILL 1204
AN ACT relative to the number of write-in votes required to receive a party’s nomination.
SPONSORS: Rep. C. Chase, Hills 2; Rep. Ehlers, Merr 9
This bill modifies the number of write-in votes required to receive a party’s nomination.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
08-2238
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to the number of write-in votes required to receive a party’s nomination.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
142:1 Write-In Votes and Nomination. Amend RSA 659:88, I(a) to read as follows:
I.(a) A person whose name was not printed on the official state primary election ballot of a political party shall not be entitled to the nomination of that party for any office unless the person received [10] at least 35 write-in votes [or write-in votes equaling 10 percent or more of the total votes cast for that party on such state primary election ballot, whichever is the smaller, but in no event less than 5 write-in votes].
142:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 6, 2008
Effective Date: August 5, 2008