Revision: Dec. 10, 2009, midnight
HB 1245 – AS INTRODUCED
2010 SESSION
03/09
HOUSE BILL 1245
AN ACT requiring certified copies of birth certificates for nominees for president and vice-president.
SPONSORS: Rep. L. Christiansen, Hills 27
This bill requires certified copies of birth certificates for nominees for president and vice-president.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
10-2043
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT requiring certified copies of birth certificates for nominees for president and vice-president.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Nomination by Nomination Papers. Amend RSA 655:53 to read as follows:
655:53 By Nomination Papers. Candidates for president and vice-president may be nominated by nomination papers as provided in RSA 655:40 through 655:45. The names of the candidates shall not appear on the ballot unless the secretary of state has received certified copies of the birth certificates of the candidates.
2 Nomination of Presidential Electors. Amend RSA 655:54 to read as follows:
655:54 Nomination of Presidential Electors. Presidential electors shall be nominated by state party conventions as provided in RSA 667:21. The names of the party’s nominees for president and vice-president shall not appear on the ballot unless the secretary of state has received certified copies of the birth certificates of the presidential and vice-presidential nominees.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.