Bill Text: NH HB370 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to the election of electors of the president and vice-president of the United States.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-07 - Reconsider (Rep. Osborne): Motion Failed Voice Vote 04/07/2021 House Journal 5 P. 50 [HB370 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2021-HB370-Introduced.html
HB 370 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0318
11/10
HOUSE BILL 370
AN ACT relative to the election of electors of the president and vice-president of the United States.
SPONSORS: Rep. Belanger, Rock. 9; Rep. Ankarberg, Straf. 10; Rep. Abramson, Rock. 37; Rep. Yokela, Rock. 33
COMMITTEE: Election Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that electors of the president and vice president of the United States shall be designated by the party that receives a plurality of votes in a plurality of executive council districts, and in the absence of such a plurality, shall be designated by the New Hampshire senate.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
21-0318
11/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to the election of electors of the president and vice-president of the United States.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Electors of the President and Vice-President. Amend RSA 653:2 to read as follows:
653:2 Electors of the President and Vice-President. At the state general election in [1980] 2024 and at the state general election every fourth year thereafter, the voters of the state shall elect the number of electors of the president and vice-president of the United States to which the state is entitled. The electors of the party who received a plurality of votes in a plurality of New Hampshire executive council districts shall be designated the electors of the President and Vice President of the United States by the secretary of state and governor. If there is no plurality of executive council districts, the New Hampshire senate shall designate electors.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
