HB 418 - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
03/01
HOUSE BILL 418
This bill clarifies that the fee for a general election or primary recount must accompany the application and be filed in person no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Friday following the election or primary.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-0886
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to requirements for recounts.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 General Election Recounts; Application. Amend RSA 660:1 to read as follows:
660:1 Application. Any candidate for whom a vote was cast for any office at a state general election may apply for a recount. [The application shall be made in writing to the secretary of state and shall be submitted no later than the Friday following the election. Each candidate requesting a recount shall pay the secretary of state fees as provided in RSA 660:2] The fee for a recount as prescribed in RSA 660:2 shall accompany the written application and be filed in person by the applicant with the secretary of state no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Friday following the election.
2 Primary Recounts; Application. Amend RSA 660:7 to read as follows:
660:7 Application. Any person for whom a vote was cast for any nomination of any party at a state or presidential primary may apply for a recount. [The application shall be made in writing to the secretary of state and shall be submitted no later than the Friday after the primary for a recount of all ballots cast for such nomination. Each candidate requesting a recount shall pay the secretary of state fees as provided in RSA 660:2] The fee for a recount as prescribed in RSA 660:2 shall accompany the written application and be filed in person by the applicant with the secretary of state no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Friday following the primary.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.