SB344: relative to declarations of candidacy for president of the United States.

CHAPTER 16

SB 344 - FINAL VERSION

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

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.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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

16:1 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.

16:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 14, 2024

Effective Date: July 13, 2024