HCRElection 4Law -and ASMunicipal INTRODUCEDAffairs SESSIONApril 21-080012, 05/042022 HOUSE2022-1423s CONCURRENT04/08 RESOLUTIONAmendment 4to AHB RESOLUTION514 recognizingAmend the authoritybill ofby statesreplacing toall enactafter laws protecting the livesenacting ofclause thewith unborn and calling for a Constitutional Convention to propose a human life amendment to the Constitution.following:

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Abramson,Party Rock.ColumnAmend RSA 656:5 to read as follows:

37656:5 COMMITTEE:Party Columns.

State-FederalI. Relations and Veterans Affairs ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ANALYSIS This resolution calls for a constitutional convention to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution stating that a right to abortion is not secured by the Constitution.

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Whereas,Each millionsseparate ofcolumn abortionsshall havecontain been performed in the Unitednames Statesof since the abortioncandidates decision of theone Supremeparty; Court on January 22, 1973;

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ThatThe thesecretary legislature of the state ofshall Newdetermine Hampshire makes this application to Congress, that a convention be immediately called, of deputies from the severalvertical states,location for the sole purpose of proposingany anadditional articlecolumns declaring that amay rightappear toon abortion is not secured by the Constitutionballot. of the United States.

ThatII. the method chosen for ratification be by the legislatures of three-fourths of the states.

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also[Starting towith transmitthe copiesgeneral hereofelection tofor the2012 presidingand officersfollowing each new apportionment of eachrepresentative districts, but] Before the close of the legislativeperiod housesduring inwhich a person may accept the severalnomination states,of requestinga theirparty cooperation.committee pursuant to RSA 655:32, the secretary of state shall develop as many generic column rotation plans for use in general elections as he or she might reasonably expect to be needed for different possible numbers of party columns on the general election ballot.

ThatIf thisthe applicationnumber constitutesof aparty continuingcolumns applicationexpected inon accordancethe withgeneral Articleelection Vballot ofchanges thesuch Constitutionthat ofone theor Unitedmore Statesadditional untilgeneric column rotation plans are needed, the legislaturessecretary of atstate leastshall, two-thirdsfrom oftime theto statestime, haveprepare madesuch applicationsadditional onplans theas sameare subject.needed for any general election.

III.

[The generic column rotation plans shall be based on a reasonably balanced rotation of party columns within and across all non-floterial state representative districts, those being the smallest representative districts to which each voting place is apportioned pursuant to part I, article 11 of the New Hampshire constitution.

Consideration shall also be given to reasonably minimize any obvious, substantial, and avoidable imbalances in column rotation within senate districts.

The average deviation from equal rotation for the first party column position, measured across the state Amendment to HB 514 - Page 2 - as a whole and based on population according to the last decennial federal census, shall be as close to 0 percent as is practicable but in no event greater than 1 percent.

Once generic column rotation plans are established the secretary of state shall publish such plans to the department's website.] Party column rotation on the general election ballot shall be determined by randomly selecting state senate districts for each column required to be on the ballot.

Senate district numbers 1 through 24 reflecting each of the 24 senate districts shall be randomly drawn for each party column.

If there are not enough senate districts left to be evenly divided by the number of columns, the secretary of state shall assign the towns and city wards of the remaining senate districts to the party columns so as to achieve as equal a population representation for each party column as is reasonably possible.

IV.

Immediately following the close of the period during which a person may accept the nomination of a party committee pursuant to RSA 655:32, the secretary of state or designee shall publicly select by lot the actual party columns to be positioned according to the generic column rotation plan established pursuant to paragraphs II and III.

[No party shall be assigned the same generic party column designation for 2 consecutive general elections.] 2 Effective Date.

This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Amendment to HB 514 - Page 3 - 2022-1423s AMENDED ANALYSIS This bill specifies the procedure for party column rotation on general election ballots for state senate districts and requires the assignment of party columns to achieve as equal a population representation for each party column as possible.