Bills have been introduced in both houses of the New Hampshire legislature to ban fusion, the practice of allowing two parties to jointly nominate the same candidate. Fusion in New Hampshire is difficult, because the only way anyone can get the nomination of a party other than his or her own is to win the other party’s primary by write-ins in that primary. But it is used every election by some legislative candidates.

Both bills are sponsored by Democrats. They are SB 114 by Senator Dan Feltes (D-Concord), and HB 217 by Representative Michael Cahill (D-Newmarket). Thanks to Darryl Perry for this news.