On January 17, a blog post appeared on this web page, describing a bill introduced in the New Hampshire legislature to ease ballot access, HB 153. There is a second ballot access improvement bill pending, HB 152. HB 152 changes the definition of “political party” from a group that polled 4% of the vote in the last election for either Governor or U.S. Senator, to one that polled 2% of the vote for either of those races. New Hampshire elects its Governor every two years.

HB 152 would also say that only parties that meet the 4% vote test would be entitled to a primary election. Parties that polled as much as 2%, but under 4%, would nominate by convention at their own expense. HB 152 is introduced by the same legislators who introduced HB 153. Thanks to Howard Wilson for this news.