HB 220 - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
03/10
HOUSE BILL 220
AN ACT relative to primary election candidates.
SPONSORS: Rep. Brewster, Merr 1; Rep. Dickinson, Carr 2; Rep. Reeves, Hills 37; Rep. Buckley, Hills 44; Rep. Reid, Straf 12; Sen. Barnes, Dist 17
This bill prohibits any person who is a candidate for office on a state primary election ballot from being listed as a candidate for such office on the state general election ballot unless the person secures the nomination of the party.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-0140
03/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to primary election candidates.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Election Procedure; Canvass and Declaration: State Primary Election; Candidate of One Party; Name on Ballot. Amend RSA 659:91-a, I to read as follows:
I. Any person who is a candidate for office on any party's state primary election ballot shall not [run as the nominee of a different party in] be listed as a candidate for such office on the state general election ballot unless the person has secured the nomination of such party. A candidate on a party's state primary election ballot shall not be nominated by another party.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.