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2001 SESSION

01-0884

03/10

HOUSE BILL 639

AN ACT relative to the preparation of town ballots.

COMMITTEE: Election Law

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill amends certain instructions to be printed on town ballots consistently with instructions required to be printed on state ballots.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

05apr01...0461h

01-0884

03/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

AN ACT relative to the preparation of town ballots.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

80:1 Town Elections; Preparation of Voting Materials; Instructions. Amend RSA 669:23 to read as follows:

669:23 Preparation of Voting Materials. The town clerk shall prepare the official ballots for [his] the town and shall arrange the names of candidates upon said ballots in parallel columns. Immediately above the names of each block of candidates shall be printed the title of the office for which they are candidates, such as "For Selectman". Below the title of each office shall be printed in small but easily legible type the words "Vote for not more than (here insert a number designating how many persons are to be voted for)" [followed by a spelled number designating the number of persons to be elected to such office]. Directly to the right of the name of each candidate there shall be a square. Whenever there are 2 or more candidates for the same office the names shall be printed upon the ballot in the alphabetical order of their surnames. Following the names printed on the ballot under the title of each office, there shall be as many blank lines as there are persons to be elected to that office.

80:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: June 19, 2001)

(Effective Date: August 18, 2001)