Revision: Jan. 9, 2023, 3:09 p.m.
HB 336 - AS INTRODUCED
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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:
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 phrase shall be printed in small but easily legible letters:
(a) "Vote for not more than [ (here insert a number designating how many persons are to be voted for)."] one if there is only a single person to be voted for in that column, such as the governor or senate district column."
(b) "____ (here insert a number designating how many persons are to be voted for) representatives will be elected for this district. Vote for up to ____ (here insert a number designating how many persons are to be voted for) if there are more than a single person to be voted for in that column, such as in some house of representatives districts."
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.