New Hampshire legislation · 2026 Regular Session
New Hampshire HB1272: (New Title) providing an option for each candidate's party affiliations to be printed on the town or school district ballot.
Status: Failed, April 10, 2026
What the bill says
An act providing an option for each candidate's party affiliations to be printed on the town or school district ballot. Rep. Ford, Rock. 3; Rep. McGrath, Rock. 40; Rep. Mary Murphy, Hills. 27; Rep. Pauer, Hills. 36; Rep. R. Brown, Carr. 8; Rep. Sellers, Graf. 10; Rep. Tom Mannion, Hills. 1 COMMITTEE: Election Law ----------------------------------------------------------------- AMENDED ANALYSIS This bill provides an option for each candidate's party affiliation to be printed on the town or school district ballot. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
From the amended text, March 11, 2026:
AN ACT providing an option for each candidate's party affiliations to be printed on the town or school district ballot. Rep. Ford, Rock. 3; Rep. McGrath, Rock. 40; Rep. Mary Murphy, Hills. 27; Rep. Pauer, Hills. 36; Rep. R. Brown, Carr. 8; Rep. Sellers, Graf. 10; Rep. Tom Mannion, Hills. 1 COMMITTEE: Election Law ----------------------------------------------------------------- AMENDED ANALYSIS This bill provides an option for each candidate's party affiliation to be printed on the town or school district ballot. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics. Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.] Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type. 11Mar2026... 0947h 26-2836 08/06 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six AN ACT providing an option for each candidate's party affiliations to be printed on the …
Sponsors
- Robert Wherry (R, 13) · primary sponsor
- Mary Ford (R, 3)