HB341 (2009) Detail

Relative to the date selected for the presidential primary election.


HB 341 – AS INTRODUCED

2009 SESSION

09-0801

03/01

HOUSE BILL 341

AN ACT relative to the date selected for the presidential primary election.

SPONSORS: Rep. Splaine, Rock 16

COMMITTEE: Election Law

ANALYSIS

This bill modifies the statute relating to the date for the presidential primary election.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

09-0801

03/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine

AN ACT relative to the date selected for the presidential primary election.

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

1 Election Dates; Presidential Primary Election. Amend RSA 653:9 to read as follows:

653:9 Presidential Primary Election. The presidential primary election shall be held on the second Tuesday in March or on a date selected by the secretary of state which is 7 days or more immediately preceding the date on which any other state shall hold a similar election, or holds a caucus or in the interpretation of the secretary of state holds any contest at which delegates are chosen for the national conventions, whichever is earlier, of each year when a president of the United States is to be elected or the year previous. Said primary shall be held in connection with the regular March town meeting or election or, if held on any other day, at a special election called by the secretary of state for that purpose. Any caucus of a state first held before 1975 shall not be affected by this provision.

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