1 Nominations; Vacancies Among Primary Candidates; No Declaration Filed. Amend RSA 655:32, II to read as follows:

II. The appropriate party committee may appoint an undeclared but otherwise eligible resident to appear on the ballot under the party label, provided that such a resident, when completing the declaration of candidacy pursuant to paragraph I and as provided in RSA 655:17, shall enter "undeclared" when asked to provide his or her party affiliation.

III. For the purposes of this section, the term "appropriate party committee" shall be as defined in RSA 655:36.

2 Preparation of Voting Materials; 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.

3 Election Procedure; Canvass and Declaration; State Primary Election; 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.

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

1 Nominations; Vacancies Among Primary Candidates; No Declaration Filed. Amend RSA 655:32, II to read as follows:

II. The appropriate party committee may appoint an undeclared but otherwise eligible resident to appear on the ballot under the party label, provided that such a resident, when completing the declaration of candidacy pursuant to paragraph I and as provided in RSA 655:17, shall enter "undeclared" when asked to provide his or her party affiliation.

III. For the purposes of this section, the term "appropriate party committee" shall be as defined in RSA 655:36.

2 Preparation of Voting Materials; 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.

3 Election Procedure; Canvass and Declaration; State Primary Election; 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.

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