HB1330 (2026) Detail

Allowing all registered voters to vote in state and presidential primaries regardless of declared party affiliation.


HB 1330  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2026 SESSION

26-2911

08/06

 

HOUSE BILL 1330

 

AN ACT allowing all registered voters to vote in state and presidential primaries regardless of declared party affiliation.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Coker, Belk. 2; Rep. Bridle, Rock. 29; Rep. Girard, Sull. 6; Rep. Hicks, Merr. 24; Rep. A. Murray, Hills. 20; Rep. Veilleux, Hills. 34; Rep. Rice, Hills. 38

 

COMMITTEE: Election Law

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill allows all registered voters to vote in state and presidential primaries regardless of declared party affiliation.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

26-2911

08/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

 

AN ACT allowing all registered voters to vote in state and presidential primaries regardless of declared party affiliation.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Primary Voting; State and Presidential Primaries; All Voters May Vote.  RSA 659:14 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:  

659:14 Special Provisions for State and Presidential Primary Elections. A person desiring to vote at a state or presidential primary election shall, at the time of announcing the person’s name, request the ballot of the party in whose primary the person wishes to vote. Any registered voter, regardless of declared party affiliation or undeclared status, may choose to vote in the primary election of any recognized political party. No person shall be permitted to vote in more than one party’s primary during the same election.  

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

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Bill Text Revisions

HB1330 Revision: 49675 Date: Dec. 1, 2025, 10:20 a.m.

Docket


Dec. 1, 2025: Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Election Law