1 Electronic Ballot Counting Devices. Amend RSA 656:42, VIII(e)(4) to read as follows:

(4) The town or city clerk shall mark the test ballots in such a way as to demonstrate a vote for each candidate on at least one test ballot, as well as votes for less than and more than the number of candidates that may be voted for an office, write-ins, multiple votes for a candidate who appears in more than one party column for the same office on a general election ballot, and ballots on which there are no votes. The clerk shall mark as many as possible of the combinations of choices that a voter may indicate on the ballot.

2 Candidate of One Party. Amend RSA 659:91-a, I to read as follows:

I. Any person who runs as a candidate on any party's state primary election ballot and who is not chosen as the candidate for that party for the elective office for which the person was a candidate shall not under any circumstances run as the nominee of a different party in the state general election. No person may accept the nomination of more than one party for any office.

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

1 Electronic Ballot Counting Devices. Amend RSA 656:42, VIII(e)(4) to read as follows:

(4) The town or city clerk shall mark the test ballots in such a way as to demonstrate a vote for each candidate on at least one test ballot, as well as votes for less than and more than the number of candidates that may be voted for an office, write-ins, and ballots on which there are no votes. The clerk shall mark as many as possible of the combinations of choices that a voter may indicate on the ballot.

2 Candidate of One Party. Amend RSA 659:91-a, I to read as follows:

I. Any person who runs as a candidate on any party's state primary election ballot shall not under any circumstances run as the nominee of a different party in the state general election. No person may accept the nomination of more than one party for any office.

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