CHAPTER 43
HB 336 - FINAL VERSION
16Mar2023... 0736h
2023 SESSION
23-0153
09/04
HOUSE BILL 336
AN ACT relative to the format of election ballots.
SPONSORS: Rep. M. Cahill, Rock. 10
COMMITTEE: Election Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill changes the language on election ballots relative to the number of candidates that a voter should choose.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16Mar2023... 0736h 23-0153
09/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to the format of election ballots.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
43:1 Designation of Office on Election Ballots. Amend RSA 656:6 to read as follows:
656:6 Designation of Office. Immediately to the left of the set of party columns shall be an offices column which shall list the offices, each preceded by the word "For," for which the candidates whose names are listed in the party columns have been nominated, as in "For Governor." Below [each such] the appropriate phrase shall be printed in small but easily legible letters:
I. "Vote for not more than [ (here insert a number designating how many persons are to be voted for)."] 1" (if there is only one office to be filled, such as the governor or state senator); or
II. "Vote for up to X” (insert the number of offices to be filled) "X will be elected” (insert the number of offices to be filled).
43:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 19, 2023
Effective Date: July 18, 2023
| Date | Amendment |
|---|---|
| March 8, 2023 | 2023-0736h |
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 28, 2023 | House | Hearing |
| March 7, 2023 | House | Exec Session |
| March 8, 2023 | House | Floor Vote |
| March 28, 2023 | Senate | Hearing |
| April 13, 2023 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| Senate | Floor Vote |
May 24, 2023: Signed by Governor Sununu 05/19/2023; Chapter 43; Eff: 07/18/2023
May 17, 2023: Enrolled (in recess of) 05/04/2023
May 17, 2023: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/11/2023); SJ 15
April 13, 2023: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/13/2023; SJ 13
March 28, 2023: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/13/2023; SC 17
March 28, 2023: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/13/2023; SC 16
March 23, 2023: Hearing: 03/28/2023, Room 103, LOB, 10:15 am; SC 15
March 21, 2023: Introduced 03/16/2023 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 11
March 16, 2023: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0736h: MA VV 03/16/2023 HJ 9 P. 4
March 16, 2023: Amendment # 2023-0736h: AA VV 03/16/2023 HJ 9 P. 4
March 8, 2023: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0736h 03/08/2023 (Vote 19-1; CC) HC 16 P. 4
March 2, 2023: Executive Session: 03/07/2023 03:00 pm LOB 306-308
Feb. 21, 2023: Public Hearing: 02/28/2023 10:30 am LOB 206-208
Jan. 9, 2023: Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Election Law HJ 3 P. 11