CHAPTER 12
HB 375- FINAL VERSION
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2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 375
AN ACT relative to substitutions for disqualified and deceased candidates.
SPONSORS: Rep. Flanagan, Rock 14
This bill requires that a party committee notify the secretary of state of a substitute candidate for a disqualified or deceased candidate within 5 days of notification of the disqualification or death.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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99-0742
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to substitutions for disqualified and deceased candidates.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
12:1 Elections; Nominations; Conduct of Primary; Disqualification of Candidate; Substitution Deadline Added. Amend RSA 655:38 to read as follows:
655:38 Disqualification of Candidate. If a candidate to be voted for at the general election shall make oath between the date of [his] the candidate's nomination and the day of the election that he or she does not qualify for the public office which he or she seeks because of age, domicile, or incapacitating physical disability acquired subsequent to the primary, the secretary of state may remove said person's name from the ballot. A new candidate may be substituted by the appropriate party committee by [notifying] submitting the name of the new candidate to the secretary of state within 5 days of the notice of disqualification. The name of the substitute candidate shall be placed on the ballots as provided in RSA 656:21.
12:2 Elections; Nominations; Conduct of Primary; Death of Candidate; Substitution Deadline Added. Amend RSA 655:39 to read as follows:
655:39 Death of Candidate. If any candidate to be voted for at the general election shall die between the date of nomination and the day of election, a new candidate may be substituted by the appropriate party committee by [notifying] submitting the name of the new candidate to the secretary of state within 5 days of the notice of death. The name of the substitute candidate shall be placed on the ballots as provided in RSA 656:21.
12:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: February 18, 2000)
(Effective Date: April 18, 2000)