CACR23 (2016) Detail

Relating to the warning of biennial meetings. Providing that the selectmen are not required to be present to receive the votes.


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CACR 23 - AS INTRODUCED

 

2016 SESSION

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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION\t23

 

RELATING TO:\tthe warning of biennial meetings.

 

PROVIDING THAT:\tthe selectmen are not required to be present to receive the votes.

 

SPONSORS:\tRep. Hunt, Ches. 11; Rep. Chandler, Carr. 1

 

COMMITTEE:\tElection Law

 

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ANALYSIS

 

\tThis constitutional amendment concurrent resolution deletes the requirement that selectmen be present to receive votes in biennial elections.

 

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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.

\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type

 

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING CONSITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

 

RELATING TO:\tthe warning of biennial meetings.

 

PROVIDING THAT:\tthe selectmen are not required to be present to receive the votes.

 

Be it Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring,  that the

Constitution of New Hampshire be amended as follows:

 

\t\tI.  That article 32 of the second part of the constitution be amended to read as follows:

\t[Art.] 32.  [Biennial Meetings, How Warned, Governed, and Conducted; Return of Votes, etc.] The meetings for the choice of governor, council and senators, shall be warned by warrant from the selectmen, and governed by a moderator, who shall[, in the presence of the selectmen (whose duty it shall be to attend) in open meeting,] receive the votes of all the inhabitants of such towns and wards present, and qualified to vote for senators; and shall, in said meetings, in presence of the said selectmen, and of the town or city clerk, in said meetings, sort and count the said votes, and make a public declaration thereof, with the name of every person voted for, and the number of votes for each person; and the town or city clerk shall make a fair record of the same at large, in the town book, and shall make out a fair attested copy thereof, to be by him or her sealed up and directed to the secretary of state, within five days following the election, with a superscription expressing the purport there of.

\t\tII.  That the above amendment proposed to the constitution be submitted to the qualified voters of the state at the state general election to be held in November, 2016.

\t\tIII.  That the selectmen of all towns, cities, wards and places in the state are directed to insert in their warrants for the said 2016 election an article to the following effect:  To decide whether the amendments of the constitution proposed by the 2016 session of the general court shall be approved.

\t\tIV.  That the wording of the question put to the qualified voters shall be:

“Are you in favor of amending article 32 of the second part of the constitution to read as follows:

\t[Art.] 32.  [Biennial Meetings, How Warned, Governed, and Conducted; Return of Votes, etc.] The meetings for the choice of governor, council and senators, shall be warned by warrant from the selectmen, and governed by a moderator, who shall receive the votes of all the inhabitants of such towns and wards present, and qualified to vote for senators; and shall, in said meetings, in presence of the said selectmen and of the town or city clerk, in said meetings, sort and count the said votes, and make a public declaration thereof, with the name of every person voted for, and the number of votes for each person; and the town or city clerk shall make a fair record of the same at large, in the town book, and shall make out a fair attested copy thereof, to be by him or her sealed up and directed to the secretary of state, within five days following the election, with a superscription expressing the purport there of."

\t\tV.  That the secretary of state shall print the question to be submitted on a separate ballot or on the same ballot with other constitutional questions.  The ballot containing the question shall include 2 squares next to the question allowing the voter to vote “Yes” or “No.”  If no cross is made in either of the squares, the ballot shall not be counted on the question.  The outside of the ballot shall be the same as the regular official ballot except that the words “Questions Relating to Constitutional Amendments proposed by the 2016 General Court” shall be printed in bold type at the top of the ballot.

\t\tVI.  That if the proposed amendment is approved by 2/3 of those voting on the amendment, it becomes effective when the governor proclaims its adoption.