New Hampshire § 655-27 - Section 655:27 Forwarding of Petitions and Assents.
Full text of New Hampshire New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated § 655-27 — Section 655:27 Forwarding of Petitions and Assents., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 655-27. Section 655:27 Forwarding of Petitions and Assents.
The clerks of cities and towns shall forward all primary petitions and assents to candidacy filed with them on the day of filing of the same to the secretary of state who shall retain them together with all primary petitions and assents to candidacy filed with him until January 1 following the holding of the primary at which time they may be destroyed.
Source: official New Hampshire text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 655-27 ("Section 655:27 Forwarding of Petitions and Assents.") is part of the New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Hampshire. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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