On February 1, the New Hampshire House Elections Committee defeated HB 240, which would have required qualified parties to hold their state convention in the latter half of September or in October, in election years.

The committee also passed HB 390, which slightly alters some voter registration forms and applications for an absentee ballot. Existing law specifies the wording on such forms, and in places the law simply assumes that the Democratic and Republican Parties will forever be the only qualified parties, and names them specifically. The bill says the forms in the future should acknowledge that another qualified party may also exist. Thank to Darryl Perry for this news.