Section 655:42 Number. - New Hampshire Statutes

   I. It shall require the names of 3,000 registered voters, 1,500 from each United States congressional district in the state, to nominate by nomination papers a candidate for president, United States senator, or governor.
   II. It shall require the names of 1,500 voters registered in the district to nominate by nomination papers a candidate for United States representative; 750 to nominate a candidate for councilor or state senator; and 150 to nominate a candidate for state representative or county officer.
   III. It shall require the names of registered voters equaling 3 percent of the total votes cast at the previous state general election to nominate by nomination papers a political organization.

Source. 1979, 436:1. 1981, 412:1. 1996, 36:5. 2001, 142:3, eff. Aug. 28, 2001; 185:3, eff. Aug. 28, 2001 at 12:01 a.m. 2009, 214:6, eff. Sept. 13, 2009.