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HB 492 · 2025 · House · Election Law Committee

Recounts when no primary candidate named

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allowing political parties to request recounts when no candidate is named on the ballot.

Allows political parties to request a recount when no candidate is named on the primary ballot.AI-generated

Status

Killed in the House — Inexpedient to Legislate · March 26, 2025
  1. ✓Introduced
  2. ✕House
  3. Senate
  4. Governor
  5. Law

Analysis

This bill allows political parties to request a recount when no candidate is named on the primary ballot.

From the bill's official ANALYSIS section.

Official record

Bill page — docket & status

gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source

Sponsors

Rep. Timothy HorriganDPrime

Rep. Kelley PotenzaR, Rep. Thomas SouthworthD

Public testimony

112 signed in online · 14 wrote testimony

98% support2% oppose0% neutral

In their wordsVerbatim, exactly as submitted

“Common sense needs to be common. If no candidate is named on a ballot, then, of course, a party should be entitled to request a recount of the votes submitted for the position. Duh!”
— Douglas Carmel, Exetersupports
“Requesting a recount should be the right of political parties. It promotes fair and transparent elections”
— Virginia Daschbach, Exetersupports
“Perhaps this could be amended to include cases in which multiple write-in candidates are tied or nearly so”
— Roy Schweiker, Concordsupports

Verbatim excerpts of submitted testimony, quoted from the testimony tool.

Read the testimony · as of Aug 12, 2026

Hearings

  • 2025-03-0410:00 amHouse Election LawLOB 306-308Public hearing
  • 2025-03-119:00 amHouse Election LawLOB 306-308Public hearingrescheduled

Legislative history

  1. Jan 9, 2025HouseIntroduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Election Law HJ 3 P. 13
  2. Mar 4, 2025HousePublic Hearing: 03/04/2025 10:40 am LOB 306-308
  3. Mar 11, 2025HouseExecutive Session: 03/11/2025 09:00 am LOB 306-308
  4. Mar 11, 2025House: Inexpedient to Legislate 03/11/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 17 P. 14
  5. Mar 26, 2025HouseInexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 21

Coverage

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Documents (PDF)

Bill text & amendments link direct to gc.nh.gov; committee reports stream from the state record.