Section 655:38 Disqualification of Candidate. - New Hampshire Statutes

If a candidate to be voted for at the general election shall make oath between the date of the candidate's nomination and the day of the election that he or she does not qualify for the public office which he or she seeks because of age, domicile, or incapacitating physical disability acquired subsequent to the primary, the secretary of state may remove said person's name from the ballot. A new candidate may be substituted by the appropriate party committee by submitting the name of the new candidate to the secretary of state within 3 days of the notice of disqualification. The name of the substitute candidate shall be placed on the ballots as provided in RSA 656:21.

Source. 1979, 436:1. 2000, 12:1, eff. April 18, 2000. 2009, 214:4, eff. Sept. 13, 2009.