Bill Text: NH HB106 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to filing for town offices.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-05-11 - House Signed by Governor 05/09/2011; Effective 07/08/2011; Chapter 0040 [HB106 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2011-HB106-Introduced.html

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HB 106 – AS INTRODUCED

2011 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 106

AN ACT relative to filing for town offices.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hawkins, Hills 18; Rep. Graham, Hills 18

COMMITTEE: Election Law

ANALYSIS

This bill allows towns that have adopted the nonpartisan ballot system to require that candidates for town offices file in person.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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03/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT relative to filing for town offices.

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

1 Nominations; Nonpartisan Ballot System. Amend RSA 669:19 to read as follows:

669:19 Nominations; Nonpartisan Ballot System. In a town which has adopted the nonpartisan ballot system as provided in RSA 669:13, all candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy with the town clerk during the filing period for town candidates. The town may adopt a requirement that all candidates file in person. [Such] The filing period shall begin on the seventh Wednesday and end on the Friday of the following week before the town election. Such declaration of candidacy shall be prepared by the town clerk in substantially the following form: I, ____________________, declare that I am domiciled in the town of _______________, and that I am a registered voter therein; that I am a candidate for the office of _______________ and hereby request that my name be printed on the official nonpartisan ballot of the town of _______________.

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