On April 8, the New Hampshire House passed HB 98 by a vote of 195-174. It moves the non-presidential primary from September to the fourth Tuesday in June.
The bill has the effect of moving the petition deadline for independent candidates, and the nominees of unqualified parties, from August to May. It would also move the declaration of candidacy for such candidates to March. That would violate an opinion of the First Circuit, Anderson v Quinn, 634 F 2d 616, which struck down Maine’s April petition deadline in 1980. New Hampshire is in the First Circuit. See this news story. Thanks to Darryl Perry for this news. The bill now goes to the State Senate.
Does this include presidential candidates?
yes!
Candidate filing would run from the fourth Wednesday in April and the Friday of the following week
Darryl, when you say, “candidate filing”, do you mean the petition, or the declaration of candidacy?
The declaration of candidacy
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