CHAPTER 226
HB 1308 - FINAL VERSION
29march00.....3304h
5/18/00 4601s
2000 SESSION
03/09
HOUSE BILL 1308
AN ACT relative to the manner in which candidates are listed on election ballots.
This bill clarifies that a candidate in a state general election cannot appear on the election ballot more than once as a candidate for the same office.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
29march00.....3304h
5/18/00 4601s
00-2410
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to the manner in which candidates are listed on election ballots.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
226:1 Elections; Preparation of Voting Materials; State General Election; Listing Candidates on Ballot. Amend RSA 656:5, II to read as follows:
II. All candidates for the same office shall be placed on separate lines within a separate box. The name of each candidate shall be grouped according to the party which nominates the candidate, and the names of the candidates of the party which received the largest number of votes at the last preceding state general election shall be listed first. The names of the candidates shall be printed with the given name first, and the candidates shall be listed alphabetically according to their surnames within each party grouping. The name of the party which nominates the candidate shall be printed near the candidate's name, except that, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no candidate may receive the nomination of more than one political party or appear on the ballot more than once as a candidate for the same office.
226:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
(Approved: June 1, 2000)
(Effective Date: June 1, 2000)