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NH Rev Stat § 655:14-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 655 - Nominations|Section 655:14-c - Change in Filing Period.

    655:14-c Change in Filing Period. –||Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 655:14, if the elective districts for any office in RSA 662 have not been amended according to the most recently completed federal decennial census before the commencement of the filing period, the secretary of state is hereby authorized to change or extend the filing period as necessary to implement revised elective districts.|||Source. 2012, 42:1, eff. May 2, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 655:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 655 - Nominations|Section 655:15 - Official With Whom to File.

    655:15 Official With Whom to File. –||For the purposes of this chapter, the term "appropriate official" shall be defined as follows:||I. For the offices of governor, United States senator, representative in Congress, councilor, state senator and county office, the secretary of state.||II. For state representative in a representative district containing one town or ward and for delegate to a state party convention, the clerk of the town or city in which the officer is to be chosen.||III. For state representative in a representative district containing more than one town or ward, the clerk of the city or town in which the person who is filing is domiciled; or, if the person is domiciled in an unincorporated place, the town clerk of the town designated by the secretary of state for such filing as provided in RSA 668.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 655:15-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 655 - Nominations|Section 655:15-a - Acceptance by the Secretary of State of Filings by Candidates for the Office of United States Senator and United States Representative. [Omitted.]

    655:15-a Acceptance by the Secretary of State of Filings by Candidates for the Office of United States Senator and United States Representative. [Omitted.] –|
NH Rev Stat § 655:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 655 - Nominations|Section 655:16 - Personal Filing.

    655:16 Personal Filing. –||Except for those who must file with a town or city clerk, any person who files on the last day of the filing period must do so in person before the secretary of state; provided, however, that this requirement shall not apply to the filling of vacancies by party committees. If the person must file with a town or city clerk and is filing on the last day of the filing period, he or she shall do so in person.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 2009, 214:3. 2013, 14:1, eff. July 7, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 655:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 655 - Nominations|Section 655:17 - Declaration of Candidacy.

    655:17 Declaration of Candidacy. –||Declarations of candidacy shall be in the following form and signed by the candidate:||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.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1991, 218:1. 2007, 15:1. 2013, 14:2. 2015, 99:2, eff. Aug. 4, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 655:17-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 655 - Nominations|Section 655:17-a - Declaration of Intent; Other Candidates.

    655:17-a Declaration of Intent;  Other Candidates. –||Declarations of intent for nonparty or other candidates shall be in the following form and signed by the candidate:||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 intend to be a candidate for the office of __________ to be chosen at the general election to be held on the __________ day of __________; and I intend to file nomination papers by the deadline established under RSA 655:43. I further declare that, if qualified as a candidate for said office, I shall not withdraw; and that, if elected, I shall be qualified for and shall assume the duties of said office. If I have been convicted of a felony, I declare that I have completed my sentence as required in RSA 607-A:2.|||Source. 1981, 531:3. 1994, 381:5. 2015, 99:3, eff. Aug. 4, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 655:17-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 655 - Nominations|Section 655:17-b - Declaration of Intent; Presidential Candidates Who File Nomination Papers.

    655:17-b Declaration of Intent;  Presidential Candidates Who File Nomination Papers. –||I. Declarations of intent for each candidate for president who seeks nomination by nomination papers shall be in the form provided in paragraph II. Declarations of intent required by this section shall be filed with the secretary of state, signed by the candidate, and notarized by a notary public.||II. 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 the city (or town or unincorporated place) of __________, county of __________, state of __________, and am a qualified voter therein; that I intend to be a candidate for the office of president to be chosen at the general election to be held on the __________ day of __________; and I intend to file nomination papers by the deadline established under RSA 655:43. I further declare that, if qualified as a candidate for said office, I shall not withdraw; and that, if elected, I shall be qualified for and shall assume the duties of said office.|||Source. 1985, 121:3. 2010, 19:1, eff. July 6, 2010; 50:3, eff. July 17, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 655:17-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 655 - Nominations|Section 655:17-c - Declaration of Intent; Political Organization.

    655:17-c Declaration of Intent;  Political Organization. –||I. Declarations of intent for political organizations shall be in the following form and signed by the chairman of the political organization:||I, ____________________, chairman of the ___________________ organization hereby declare that the ______________ organization intends to file nomination papers by the deadline established under RSA 655:43, I.||II. At the time of filing the declaration of intent, the chairman of the political organization shall submit a list of the offices for which it intends to file candidates and the names of the candidates for those offices. In addition, each candidate shall file a declaration of candidacy. The declaration of candidacy shall be in the form provided by RSA 655:17 with the understanding that, where the form says primary election, it shall be construed to mean general election. If the political organization does not obtain enough nomination papers to have its name placed on the ballot, any declarations of candidacy filed for that political organization shall be void.|||Source. 2001, 142:1. 2012, 113:4, eff. May 31, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 655:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 655 - Nominations|Section 655:18 - Forwarding Declarations of Candidacy.

    655:18 Forwarding Declarations of Candidacy. –||I. Each city or town clerk shall forward each declaration of candidacy filed with him or her to the secretary of state on the day of filing of the same.||II. City and town clerks shall provide to the secretary of state, on at least a daily basis, a summary of any filings received pursuant to this chapter each day. Such summary shall be submitted electronically and shall include the name and address of any candidate who has filed. The secretary of state shall then add those persons to the daily report for that day.||III. Clerks shall only be required to report to the secretary of state pursuant to this section on days the clerks' offices are open and receiving filings.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 2001, 231:7. 2011, 150:4, eff. Aug. 7, 2011. 2021, 127:1, eff. Sept. 21, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 655:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 655 - Nominations|Section 655:19 - Repealed by 2011, 150:7, I, eff. Aug. 7, 2011.

    655:19 Repealed by 2011, 150:7, I, eff. Aug. 7, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 655:19-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 655 - Nominations|Section 655:19-a - Filing Fee for Presidential Candidates Who File Nomination Papers.

    655:19-a Filing Fee for Presidential Candidates Who File Nomination Papers. –||At the time of filing declarations of intent, each candidate for president who seeks nomination by nomination papers shall pay to the secretary of state a single fee of $250 for himself and his vice-presidential candidate.|||Source. 1985, 121:5, eff. July 19, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 655:19-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 655 - Nominations|Section 655:19-b - Repealed by 2011, 150:7, II, eff. Aug. 7, 2011.

    655:19-b Repealed by 2011, 150:7, II, eff. Aug. 7, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 655:19-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 655 - Nominations|Section 655:19-c - Administrative Assessment; Primary Petitions; Nomination Papers.

    655:19-c Administrative Assessment;  Primary Petitions;  Nomination Papers. –||I. Candidates for governor, United States senator, representative to Congress, executive councilor, state senator, county officer, and state representative who file declarations of candidacy shall pay the administrative assessment in paragraph I or file primary petitions as provided in paragraph III. Candidates for governor, United States senator, representative to Congress, executive councilor, state senator, county officer, and state representative who file declarations of intent shall pay the administrative assessment in paragraph I and shall meet the requirements of RSA 655:40 through 655:45 for nomination by nomination papers. At the time of filing declarations of candidacy or declarations of intent, the administrative assessment shall be as follows:||(a) For governor and United States senator, $100.||(b) For representative to Congress, $50.||(c) For executive councilor, $25.||(d) For state senator, $10.||(e) For county officer, $10.||(f) For state representative, $2.||II. The administrative assessment paid to a town or city clerk by candidates for state representative shall be forwarded to the treasurer of the town or city and shall be for the use of the town or city. The administrative assessment paid to the secretary of state shall be deposited by the secretary of state into the general fund.||III. Any person otherwise qualified to run for office who chooses not to pay the administrative assessment as prescribed in paragraph I may have his name printed on the primary ballot of any party by filing with the appropriate official the requisite number of primary petitions made by members of the party, together with one written assent to candidacy. The number of primary petitions to be filed for each office shall be as follows: for governor and United States senator, 200; for representative in Congress, 100; for executive councilor and county officer, 50; for state senator, 20; for state representative, 5. Candidates for delegate to the state convention shall not be required to submit any primary petitions.|||Source. 1991, 387:5. 2003, 266:5. 2009, 144:221. 2011, 150:5, eff. Aug. 7, 2011. 2021, 168:1, eff. Sept. 28, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 655:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 655 - Nominations|Section 655:20 - Repealed by 2011, 150:7, III, eff. Aug. 7, 2011.

    655:20 Repealed by 2011, 150:7, III, eff. Aug. 7, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 655:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 655 - Nominations|Section 655:21 - Form.

    655:21 Form. –||Primary petitions shall be made in the following form:||State of New Hampshire||County of ____________________ ss.||City (Town) of ____________________||I do hereby join in a petition for the printing on the primary ballot of the name of __________ whose domicile is in the city (town) of __________ (ward, street, and number, if in a city), in the county of __________, for the office of __________ to be voted for on Tuesday, the __________ day of September, _____ (year), and certify that I am qualified to vote for a candidate for said office, that I am a registered member of the __________ party, and am not at this time a signer of any other similar petition for any other candidate for the above office; that my domicile is in the city (town) of __________ (ward, street, and number, if in a city), in the county of __________. I certify that to my knowledge the above-named candidate is not a candidate for incompatible offices as defined in RSA 655:10, and that he or she is not a federal employee which makes him or her ineligible to file as a candidate for this office. I further certify that I believe the above-named person is especially qualified to fill said office.||I hereby swear, under the penalties for voting fraud set forth below, that the information above is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.|| | Print Voter's name| | | Voter's Signature| |||In accordance with RSA 659:34, the penalty for knowingly or purposefully providing false information when registering to vote or voting is a class A misdemeanor with a maximum sentence of imprisonment not to exceed one year and a fine not to exceed $2,000. Fraudulently registering to vote or voting is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1991, 218:3. 1998, 356:2. 2003, 289:34, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 655:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 655 - Nominations|Section 655:22 - Repealed by 2011, 150:7, IV, eff. Aug. 7, 2011.

    655:22 Repealed by 2011, 150:7, IV, eff. Aug. 7, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 655:22-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 655 - Nominations|Section 655:22-a - Order of Petitions.

    655:22-a Order of Petitions. –||Petitions to be filed shall be ordered alphabetically by municipality in which the voter is domiciled. Petitions shall be further ordered by surname of voter for any municipality represented by more than one petition.|||Source. 1998, 356:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 655:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 655 - Nominations|Section 655:23 - Conflicting Petitions.

    655:23 Conflicting Petitions. –||Each primary petition shall be a separate paper and shall contain the name of one signer and one candidate only. No voter shall sign primary petitions for more than one party, nor shall he sign more than one primary petition for the same office unless more than one nomination is to be made; in which case, he may sign as many primary petitions as there are nominations to be made for the same office. In case a voter has signed 2 or more such conflicting primary petitions, all such petitions shall be rejected.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 655:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 655 - Nominations|Section 655:24 - Oath on Petition "Prima Facie" Evidence of Party Membership.

    655:24 Oath on Petition "Prima Facie" Evidence of Party Membership. –||The oath of a voter upon a primary petition shall be prima facie evidence that he is a member of the party stated therein.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 655:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 655 - Nominations|Section 655:25 - Assent to Candidacy.

    655:25 Assent to Candidacy. –||No primary petitions as provided in RSA 655:21 shall be accepted by the official with whom they are to be filed unless there is attached thereto an assent to candidacy in the following form subscribed to by the person who seeks to have his name printed upon the primary ballot:||State of New Hampshire||I, ____________________, of __________ in the county of __________ do hereby assent to the printing of my name on the primary ballot as requested in the attached petition. I further declare that I am a registered member of the __________ party.||(Signed) ____________________||State of New Hampshire||County of ____________________||The above-named, ____________________, personally known to me (or who has proven his or her identity to me), appeared and made oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true.||Before me,||____________________||Justice of the Peace, Notary Public, Town/City Clerk, or Deputy Clerk|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979. 2020, 35:1, eff. Sept. 26, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 655:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 655 - Nominations|Section 655:26 - Examination and Rejection.

    655:26 Examination and Rejection. –||The officer with whom primary petitions are filed shall immediately upon receipt thereof examine the same and ascertain whether they conform to the law. If found not to conform thereto or to be conflicting as provided in RSA 655:23, he shall then endorse thereon the reason why such petition cannot be accepted and shall, within 24 hours, return the same to the candidate in whose behalf it was filed. In such case, the candidate may file supplementary petitions with the official, but not later than the third Wednesday in June.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1981, 308:8, eff. Aug. 15, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 655:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 655 - Nominations|Section 655:27 - Forwarding of Petitions and Assents.

    655:27 Forwarding of Petitions and Assents. –||The clerks of cities and towns shall forward all primary petitions and assents to candidacy filed with them on the day of filing of the same to the secretary of state who shall retain them together with all primary petitions and assents to candidacy filed with him until January 1 following the holding of the primary at which time they may be destroyed.|||Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 655:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 655 - Nominations|Section 655:28 - Affidavit of Qualifications.

    655:28 Affidavit of Qualifications. –||A candidate for nomination for the office of governor, councilor, state senator or state representative shall swear an affidavit covering his qualifications as to age, that the candidate is a registered voter, that his domicile is in the district he desires to represent, that he is not a candidate for incompatible offices as defined in RSA 655:10, and that he is not a federal employee which he understands would make him ineligible to file his candidacy. The secretary of state shall not print upon the primary ballot of any party the name of any person unless there is filed with him such an affidavit at the time his candidacy is filed.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1991, 218:4, eff. Aug. 9, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 655:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 655 - Nominations|Section 655:29 - Qualifications of Candidates.

    655:29 Qualifications of Candidates. –||The form of the affidavit provided for in RSA 655:28 shall be the following:||I. (For use by candidate for governor): I, ___________________, candidate for the office of governor, hereby swear (or affirm) that I have been domiciled in the state of New Hampshire for at least 7 years immediately preceding the election for which I am a candidate, that I am a registered voter, that I will be at least 30 years of age on the day of said election, that I am not a candidate for incompatible offices as defined in RSA 655:10, that I am not a federal employee, and that I am not a convicted felon who has not yet received a final discharge from sentencing.||II. (For use by candidate for councilor): I, ___________________, candidate for the office of councilor from the ___________________ district, hereby swear (or affirm) that I have been domiciled in the state of New Hampshire for at least 7 years immediately preceding the election for which I am a candidate, that I am now domiciled in councilor district no. __________ at the present time, that I will be at least 30 years of age on the day of said election, that I am not a candidate for incompatible offices as defined in RSA 655:10, that I am not a federal employee, and that I am not a convicted felon who has not yet received a final discharge from sentencing.||III. (For use by candidate for state senate): I, ________________, candidate for the office of senator from the __________ district, hereby swear (or affirm) that I have been domiciled in the state of New Hampshire for at least 7 years immediately preceding the election for which I am a candidate, that my domicile is in senatorial district no. _______________ at the present time, that I will be at least 30 years of age on the day of said election, that I am not a candidate for incompatible offices as defined in RSA 655:10, that I am not a federal employee, and that I am not a convicted felon who has not yet received a final discharge from sentencing.||IV. (For use by candidate for state representative): I, _______________, candidate for the office of representative from district no. __________ of __________ county, hereby swear (or affirm) that I have been domiciled in the state of New Hampshire for at least 2 years immediately preceding the election for which I am a candidate, that I am now domiciled in district no. ____________ of ___________ county, the district I seek to represent, that I will be at least 18 years of age on the day of said election, that I am not a candidate for incompatible offices as defined in RSA 655:10, that I am not a federal employee, and that I am not a convicted felon who has not yet received a final discharge from sentencing. I further recognize that, if elected, I will serve as a delegate to the county convention.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1991, 218:5. 2002, 58:1. 2003, 289:35. 2015, 99:4, eff. Aug. 4, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 655:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIII - Elections|Title 655 - Nominations|Section 655:30 - Withdrawal.

    655:30 Withdrawal. –||When a party candidate has duly filed according to law for nomination at a primary election, or other candidate has submitted nomination papers, no withdrawal or declination of the candidate shall be accepted by the secretary of state subsequent to the last dates for filing a declaration of candidacy or the filing of nomination papers except as provided in RSA 655:31 and 655:34.|||Source. 1979, 436:1. 1981, 531:4. 1985, 121:6, eff. July 19, 1985.|