Revision: March 3, 2011, midnight
HB 106 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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2011 SESSION
03/05
HOUSE BILL 106
AN ACT relative to filing for town offices.
SPONSORS: Rep. Hawkins, Hills 18; Rep. Graham, Hills 18
This bill requires that candidates for town offices who file on the last day of the filing period do so in person.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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11-0682
03/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT relative to filing for town offices.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Nominations; Nonpartisan Ballot System. Amend RSA 669:19 to read as follows:
669:19 Nominations; Nonpartisan Ballot System. In a town which has adopted the nonpartisan ballot system as provided in RSA 669:13, all candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy with the town clerk during the filing period for town candidates. All candidates who file on the last day of the filing period shall do so in person before the town clerk. [Such] The filing period shall begin on the seventh Wednesday and end on the Friday of the following week before the town election. Such declaration of candidacy shall be prepared by the town clerk in substantially the following form: I, ____________________, declare that I am domiciled in the town of _______________, and that I am a registered voter therein; that I am a candidate for the office of _______________ and hereby request that my name be printed on the official nonpartisan ballot of the town of _______________.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.