2014 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title LXIII - ELECTIONS
Chapter 655 - NOMINATIONS
Section 655:19-c - Administrative Assessment; Primary Petitions; Nomination Papers.

    655:19-c Administrative Assessment; Primary Petitions; Nomination Papers. –
    I. Candidates for governor, United States senator, representative to Congress, executive councilor, state senator, county officer, and state representative who file declarations of candidacy shall pay the administrative assessment in paragraph I or file primary petitions as provided in paragraph III. Candidates for governor, United States senator, representative to Congress, executive councilor, state senator, county officer, and state representative who file declarations of intent shall pay the administrative assessment in paragraph I and shall meet the requirements of RSA 655:40 through 655:45 for nomination by nomination papers. Neither the administrative assessment which is paid nor the primary petitions which are filed under this section, nor the nomination papers which must be submitted under RSA 655:41 and filed under RSA 655:43, shall be waived or refunded for a candidate for any of the offices listed in this section who, pursuant to RSA 664:5-a, voluntarily accepts the expenditure limitation set forth in RSA 664:5-b. At the time of filing declarations of candidacy or declarations of intent, the administrative assessment shall be as follows:
       (a) For governor and United States senator, $100.
       (b) For representative to Congress, $50.
       (c) For executive councilor, $25.
       (d) For state senator, $10.
       (e) For county officer, $10.
       (f) For state representative, $2.
    II. The administrative assessment paid to a town or city clerk by candidates for state representative shall be forwarded to the treasurer of the town or city and shall be for the use of the town or city. The administrative assessment paid to the secretary of state shall be deposited by the secretary of state into the general fund.
    III. Any person otherwise qualified to run for office who chooses not to pay the administrative assessment as prescribed in paragraph I may have his name printed on the primary ballot of any party by filing with the appropriate official the requisite number of primary petitions made by members of the party, together with one written assent to candidacy. The number of primary petitions to be filed for each office shall be as follows: for governor and United States senator, 200; for representative in Congress, 100; for executive councilor and county officer, 50; for state senator, 20; for state representative, 5. Candidates for delegate to the state convention shall not be required to submit any primary petitions.

Source. 1991, 387:5. 2003, 266:5, eff. July 15, 2003. 2009, 144:221, eff. July 1, 2009. 2011, 150:5, eff. Aug. 7, 2011.