HB 370 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0318
11/10
HOUSE BILL 370
AN ACT relative to the election of electors of the president and vice-president of the United
States.
SPONSORS: Rep. Belanger, Rock. 9; Rep. Ankarberg, Straf. 10; Rep. Abramson, Rock. 37; Rep.
Yokela, Rock. 33
COMMITTEE: Election Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that electors of the president and vice president of the United States shall be
designated by the party that receives a plurality of votes in a plurality of executive council districts,
and in the absence of such a plurality, shall be designated by the New Hampshire senate.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
 HB 370 - AS INTRODUCED
21-0318
11/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to the election of electors of the president and vice-president of the United
States.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 Electors of the President and Vice-President. Amend RSA 653:2 to read as follows:
2 653:2 Electors of the President and Vice-President. At the state general election in [1980] 2024
3 and at the state general election every fourth year thereafter, the voters of the state shall elect the
4 number of electors of the president and vice-president of the United States to which the state is
5 entitled. The electors of the party who received a plurality of votes in a plurality of New
6 Hampshire executive council districts shall be designated the electors of the President and
7 Vice President of the United States by the secretary of state and governor. If there is no
8 plurality of executive council districts, the New Hampshire senate shall designate electors.
9 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 653:2
latest version: 653:2