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RSA 656:4 · Name and Domicile

Title
LXIII: ELECTIONS
Chapter
656 · PREPARATION OF VOTING MATERIALS
Status
current
Official source linked
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656:4 Name and Domicile. – Every state general election ballot shall contain the name of each candidate who has been nominated in accordance with the election laws, except as hereinafter provided, and shall contain no other name except party appellations. The names and addresses of the presidential electors shall not be printed on the ballot, but, in lieu thereof, the names of a party's candidates for president and vice-president shall be printed thereon under the designation for "President and Vice-President of the United States". Source. 1979, 436:1. 1986, 126:2. 1989, 312:4. 1996, 36:8, eff. June 23, 1996.

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Source. 1979, 436:1. 1986, 126:2. 1989, 312:4. 1996, 36:8, eff. June 23, 1996.

Source history

  • 1979, 436:1
  • 1986, 126:2
  • 1989, 312:4
  • 1996, 36:8, eff. June 23, 1996

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