Bill Text: NH HB55 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Apportioning delegates to state party conventions, and relative to the form for declarations of candidacy for delegates to state party conventions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-03-25 - Signed by Governor Sununu 03/23/2022; Chapter 10; Eff. 03/23/2022 [HB55 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2022-HB55-Amended.html
HB 55 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
5Jan2022... 2247h
02/16/2022 0569s
2021 SESSION
21-0630
11/10
HOUSE BILL 55
SPONSORS: Rep. B. Griffin, Hills. 6
COMMITTEE: Special Committee on Redistricting
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill specifies that delegates to state party conventions are to be elected in accordance proportion with state representative districts. The bill also modifies the form for filing a declaration of candidacy for delegate to a state party convention.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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02/16/2022 0569s 21-0630
11/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Delegates to State Party Conventions. RSA 662:6 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
662:6 Delegates to State Party Conventions. At every state primary election, the voters shall elect delegates to each state party convention in the same manner and in the same proportion as state representative districts.
2 Declarations of Candidacy; Form; Delegate to the State Party Convention. Amend RSA 655:17 to read as follows:
655:17 Declaration of Candidacy. Declarations of candidacy shall be in the appropriate following form and signed by the candidate:
I. For candidates for delegate to the state party convention:
I, _______________________, declare that I am domiciled in Ward _____, in the city (or town or unincorporated place) of __________________, county of ________________, state of New Hampshire, in state representative district county________and district______, and am a registered voter herein; that I am a registered member of the __________ party; that I am a candidate for delegate to the state convention to be made at the primary election to be held on the ______ day of _______________; and I hereby request that my name be printed on the official primary ballot of the party in which I am registered as a candidate for such election. I declare that I am not a federal employee which makes me ineligible to file as a candidate for this office. If I have been convicted of a felony, I declare that I have completed my sentence as required in RSA 607-A:2. I further declare that, if elected as such delegate, I will not withdraw; and that, if elected, I will be qualified for and will assume the duties of said office.
II. For all other declarations of candidacy:
I, _______________________, declare that I am domiciled in Ward _____, in the city (or town or unincorporated place) of __________________, county of ________________, state of New Hampshire, and am a registered voter herein; that I am a registered member of the __________ party; that I am a candidate for nomination for the office of ____________ [(or for delegate to the state convention)] to be made at the primary election to be held on the ______ day of _______________; and I hereby request that my name be printed on the official primary ballot of the party in which I am registered as a candidate for such nomination [or election]. I declare that I am not a candidate for incompatible offices as defined in RSA 655:10, and that I am not a federal employee which makes me ineligible to file as a candidate for this office. If I have been convicted of a felony, I declare that I have completed my sentence as required in RSA 607-A:2. I further declare that, if nominated as a candidate for said office [or if elected as such delegate], I will not withdraw; and that, if elected, I will be qualified for and will assume the duties of said office.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
