CACR 20- AS INTRODUCED
1999 SESSION
99-0842
04/01
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 20
RELATING TO: the election of governor and senators.
PROVIDING THAT: beginning with the 2002 general election, and every 4 years thereafter, the governor and senators shall be elected.
SPONSORS: Sen. Wheeler, Dist 21; Sen. Cohen, Dist 24; Sen. J. King, Dist 18; Sen. Larsen, Dist 15; Sen. McCarley, Dist 6; Rep. M. Fuller Clark, Rock 36
COMMITTEE: Internal Affairs
ANALYSIS
This constitutional amendment-concurrent resolution provides that beginning with the 2002 general election, and every 4 years thereafter, the governor and senators shall be elected.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
99-0842 04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
RELATING TO: the election of governor and senators.
PROVIDING THAT: beginning with the 2002 general election, and every 4 years thereafter, the governor and senators shall be elected.
Be it Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring, that the
Constitution of New Hampshire be amended as follows:
I. That article 23 of the second part of the constitution be repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
[Art.] 23. [Election of Senators.] Beginning with the general election in 2002, and every 4 years thereafter, the voters of each district shall elect their senators.
II. That article 42 of the second part of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
[Art.] 42 [Election of Governor; Return of Votes; Electors; If No Choice, Legislature to Elect One of Two Highest Candidates; Qualifications for Governor.] The governor shall be chosen [biennially] to serve a 2-year term in the year 2000 and, beginning in the year 2002, shall be chosen every 4 years in the month of November; and the votes for governor shall be received, sorted, counted certified and returned, in the same manner as the votes for senators[; and]. The secretary shall [lay the same before] present the results to the senate and house of representatives[,] on the first Wednesday following the first Tuesday of January to be examined by them [examined, and,]. In case of an election by a plurality of votes [through] throughout the state, the [choice shall be by them declared and published] general court shall declare and publish the name of the winner. [And] The qualifications of electors of the governor shall be the same as those for senators; and if no person shall have a plurality of votes, the senate and house of representatives shall, by joint ballot elects one of the [two] 2 persons, having the highest number of votes, who shall be declared governor. [And] No person shall be eligible to this office, unless at the time of his election, he shall have been an inhabitant of this state for 7 years next preceding, and unless he shall be of the age of 30 years.
III. That the above amendment proposed to the constitution be submitted to the qualified voters of the state at the state general election to be held in November, 2000.
IV. That the selectmen of all towns, cities, wards and places in the state are directed to insert in their warrants for the said 2000 election an article to the following effect: To decide whether the amendments of the constitution proposed by the 1999 session of the general court shall be approved.
V. That the wording of the question put to the qualified voters shall be:
Are you in favor of amending the Constitution to provide that beginning with the 2002 general election, and every 4 years thereafter, the governor and senators shall be elected?
VI. That the secretary of state shall print the question to be submitted on a separate ballot or on the same ballot with other constitutional questions. The ballot containing the question shall include 2 squares next to the question allowing the voter to vote "Yes" or "No." If no cross is made in either of the squares, the ballot shall not be counted on the question. The outside of the ballot shall be the same as the regular official ballot except that the words "Questions Relating to Constitutional Amendments proposed by the 1999 General Court" shall be printed in bold type at the top of the ballot.
VII. That if the proposed amendment is approved by 2/3 of those voting on the amendment, it becomes effective when the governor proclaims its adoption.