Bill Text: NH SB344 | 2024 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relative to declarations of candidacy for president of the United States.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 13-2)

Status: (Passed) 2024-05-14 - Signed by the Governor on 05/14/2024; Chapter 0016; Effective 07/13/2024 [SB344 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2024-SB344-Enrolled.html

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SB 344 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

 

 

2024 SESSION

24-2822

08/05

 

SENATE BILL 344

 

AN ACT relative to declarations of candidacy for president of the United States.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Gray, Dist 6; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Abbas, Dist 22; Sen. Gendreau, Dist 1; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Rep. Berry, Hills. 39

 

COMMITTEE: Election Law and Municipal Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires the declaration of candidacy for president of the United States signed by presidential candidates to list the primary date as designated by the secretary of state.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2822

08/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to declarations of candidacy for president of the United States.

 

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

 

1  Declarations of Candidacy.  Amend RSA 655:47, I to read as follows:

I. The names of any persons to be voted upon as candidates for president at the presidential primary shall be printed on the ballots upon the filing of declarations of candidacy with the secretary of state in the following form and signed by the candidate:

I, _____________________ , swear under penalties of perjury that I am qualified to be a candidate for president of the United States pursuant to article II, section 1, clause 4 of the United States Constitution, which states, "No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States." I further declare that I am domiciled in __________ , in the city (or town or unincorporated place) of _______________ , county of _______________ , state of __________ , that I am a registered member of the __________ party or that I am a recognized candidate for President in the party in which I desire to file; that I am a candidate for nomination for the office of president to be made at the primary election to be held on [the _____ day of __________] the date so designated by the secretary of state; and I hereby request that my name be printed on the official primary ballot of said __________ party as a candidate for such nomination.

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