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HB236: relative to recount application deadlines.
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- Raymond Buckley House ยท Hills 56
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HB 236 - AS INTRODUCED
2003 SESSION
03-1007
03/09
HOUSE BILL 236
AN ACT relative to recount application deadlines.
ANALYSIS
This bill permits a candidate in a general or primary election to apply for a recount up to 48 hours after the declaration of results.
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03-1007
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT relative to recount application deadlines.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 State General Election Recounts; Application. Amend RSA 660:1 to read as follows:
660:1 Application. Any candidate for whom a vote was cast for any office at a state general election may apply for a recount. The application shall be made in writing to the secretary of state and shall be submitted [no later than] within 48 hours of the declaration for the office under RSA 659:81 or RSA 659:82 or by the Friday following the election, whichever is later. Each candidate requesting a recount shall pay the secretary of state fees as provided in RSA 660:2.
2 State or Presidential Primary Recounts; Application. Amend RSA 660:7 to read as follows:
660:7 Application. Any person for whom a vote was cast for any nomination of any party at a state or presidential primary may apply for a recount. The application shall be made in writing to the secretary of state and shall be submitted [no later than] within 48 hours of the declaration for the office under RSA 659:86 or RSA 659:87 or by the Friday after the primary, whichever is later, for a recount of all ballots cast for such nomination. Each candidate requesting a recount shall pay the secretary of state fees as provided in RSA 660:2.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.