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1 Use of Official Ballot. Amend RSA 40:13, IV(b) to read as follows:
(b) Warrant articles that are amended shall be placed on the official ballot for a final vote on the main motion, as amended.
2 Use of Official Ballot. Amend RSA 40:13, XIII to read as follows:
XIII. Approval of all warrant articles shall be by simple majority except for questions which require a 2/3 vote by law, contract, or written agreement.
3 New Paragraph; Use of Official Ballot. Amend RSA 40:13 by inserting after paragraph XIII the following new paragraph:
XIII-a. In the case of a warrant article amended by the first session per paragraph IV, if the original and amended versions of the warrant article are both approved, only the version with the higher percentage of "yes" votes shall be adopted. If both versions of the warrant article receive the same percentage of "yes" votes, then the amended version of the warrant article shall be adopted. The percentage of "yes" votes is the number of "yes" votes divided by total number of "yes" and "no" votes on ballot for the warrant article.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
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1 Use of Official Ballot. Amend RSA 40:13, IV(b) to read as follows:
(b) For warrant articles that are amended , both the original warrant article and amended warrant article shall be placed consecutively on the official ballot for a final vote . Immediately preceding the original warrant article on the official ballot, the following statement shall appear: "If both the amended and original versions of Article X are approved, the version receiving the higher percentage of "yes" votes will be adopted.", where X is the article number. The original language shall contain the notation "Original" and amended warrant language shall contain the notation "Amended".
2 Use of Official Ballot. Amend RSA 40:13, XIII to read as follows:
XIII. Approval of all warrant articles shall be by simple majority except for questions which require a 2/3 or 3/5 vote by law, contract, or written agreement.
3 New Paragraph; Use of Official Ballot. Amend RSA 40:13 by inserting after paragraph XIII the following new paragraph:
XIII-a. In the case of a warrant article amended by the first session per paragraph IV, if the original and amended versions of the warrant article are both approved, only the version with the higher percentage of "yes" votes shall be adopted. If both versions of the warrant article receive the same percentage of "yes" votes, then the amended version of the warrant article shall be adopted. The percentage of "yes" votes is the number of "yes" votes divided by total number of "yes" and "no" votes on ballot for the warrant article.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.