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Election Law Committee, New Hampshire House of Representatives
The Election Law Committee is a standing committee of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.[1]
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Per the House Rules, committees of the New Hampshire House of Representatives are assigned by the speaker of the house after consultation with the minority leader.[2] Committees are assigned after each election.[3] A majority of appointed members make up a committee's quorum.[3] The Speaker is not recognized as an ex officio member of any committee.
See rules: House Rules
Function
“ | It shall be the duty of the Committee on Election Law to consider all matters relating to the election laws of the state, including campaign finance, the Ballot Law Commission, redistricting, and such other matters as may be referred to it.[4][5] | ” |
Membership
2023-2024 legislative session
Election Law Committee, 2023-2024 |
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Democratic members (8) | Republican members (8) | Third-party members(1) |
2021-2022 legislative session
Election Law Committee, 2021-2022 |
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Democratic members (9) | Republican members (11) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
Election Law Committee, 2019-2020 |
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (8) | Third-party members(0) |
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David Morrill (D) left this committee on June 01, 2020.
Richard Komi (D) left this committee on May 02, 2020.
2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
Election Law Members, 2017 | ||||
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Democratic members (9) | Republican members (11) | |||
• David Cote | • Barbara Griffin, Chair | |||
• Gerry Ward | • Yvonne M. Dean-Bailey, Vice chair | |||
• Wayne Moynihan | • Betty Gay | |||
• Travis Bennett | • Kathleen Souza | |||
• William Pearson | • Gregory Hill | |||
• David Huot | • Michael Harrington | |||
• Andrew White | • Steve Hellwig | |||
• Marjorie Porter | • Lisa M. Freeman | |||
• Isaac Epstein | • Steve Negron | |||
• Norman Silber | ||||
• Natalie J. Wells |
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
Election Law Members, 2015 | ||||
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Democratic members (8) | Republican members (13) | |||
• David Cote | • Kathleen Hoelzel, Chair | |||
• Wayne M. Burton | • James Gray (New Hampshire), Vice Chair | |||
• Debbie DiFranco | • Barbara Griffin, Clerk | |||
• Marcia Moody | • Kathleen Souza | |||
• Wayne Moynihan | • Adam Schroadter | |||
• William Pearson | • Pete Silva | |||
• Gerry Ward | • Joe Sweeney | |||
• Travis Bennett | • Rick Christie | |||
• Duane Brown | ||||
• Robert Luther | ||||
• Edith Hogan | ||||
• William M. Gannon | ||||
• Yvonne M. Dean-Bailey |
2013-2014
Election Law Members, 2013 | ||||
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (8) | |||
• David Cote, Chair | • Kathleen Hoelzel, Clerk | |||
• Mary Ann Knowles, Vice Chair | • Shawn Jasper | |||
• Robert Perry | • Timothy Comerford | |||
• Melanie Levesque | • Regina Birdsell | |||
• Ruth Gage | • Kathleen Souza | |||
• Marcia Moody | • James Gray | |||
• Gary Richardson | • Dick Marston | |||
• Evelyn Connor | • Joe Sweeney | |||
• Mary Till | ||||
• Gerald Ward |
2011-2012
Election Law Members, 2011 | ||||
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Democratic members (4) | Republican members (13) | |||
• David Cote | • David Bates, Chair | |||
• David Pierce | • Dino Scala, Vice Chair | |||
• Michael Brunelle | • Kathleen Hoelzel, Clerk | |||
• John Gimas | • Richard Drisko | |||
• Shawn Jasper | ||||
• Shaun Doherty | ||||
• Stephanie Eaton | ||||
• Regina Birdsell | ||||
• John Byrnes | ||||
• Cam DeJong | ||||
• Susan DeLemus | ||||
• Duane Erickson | ||||
• Joseph Thomas |
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ New Hampshire State Legislature, "House Rules," accessed March 1, 2021 (Rule 31)
- ↑ New Hampshire State Legislature, "House Rules," accessed March 1, 2021(Rule 29)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Information submitted by Ryan Mahoney via email to a Ballotpedia staffer on February 5, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire State Legislature, "House Rules," accessed March 1, 2021 (Rule 31)
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.