Citizen in a RepublicNH House Testimony

HB78

House · 2025 sessionRepublicanSigned into law

County commissioner residency requirement

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Requires a person to have a domicile in the county where they seek to hold the office of county commissioner.

requiring a person to have a domicile in the district from which they serve as county commissioner.Official record

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32 submissions
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All 9 written submissions were individually written — no organized campaign detected.

Status

Signed into law · May 8, 2025
  1. Introduced
  2. House
  3. Senate
  4. Governor
  5. Law
Sponsors, hearings & roll-call votes

The record · every submission as filed

32 submissions
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Renee Blaisdell
for Myself
Dover

Why was Strafford County excluded by the NH House, Senate and Governor when the bill was passed in 2023? Was there a reason the legislature and governor at the time wanted to exclude Strafford County? Or are the folks in Concord just not reading the bills before they vote?

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Richard Dolbec
for Myself
Dover

This is common sense legislation and should be supported by all house members.

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Mark Racic
for Myself
Milton

This fixes an oversight in the original bill. I want support only from within each district to determine their commissioner.

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Carol Petrusewicz
for Myself
Rochester

It has always been precedent that in order to serve in any elected position, you must reside in that area that you will be representing. Please pass this legislation to correct the oversight. You should make this effective for BOTH the next election AND if a position become available now. Thank you!

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Ric Perreault
for Myself
Rochester

Thanks and God Bless??

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Humphrey Williams
for Myself
Milton

It is imperative that an individual running for a County Commissioner seat reside in the district they are running for. That is the only way to ensure we are getting the proper representation for each district within the county.

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Joseph Pitre
for Myself
FARMINGTON

This bill corrects the error of omission of needing to be domiciled in the district for Commissioner of Strafford County and added to RSA 655:9.

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Carlton Cooper
for Myself
Rochester

This bill should pass to correct the current bill ensuring that commissioners are domiciled in the district they represent.

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Jane Aitken
for Myself
Bedford

I support this bill.

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Susan DeRoy
for Myself
New Durham

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Joe Abasciano
for Myself
Milton

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Jane Kuzmak
for Myself
Rochester

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Carmella Potenza
for Myself
Rochester

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Kelley Potenza
for Myself
Rochester

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Peter Potenza
for Myself
Rochester

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Leela Hilton
for Myself
Somersworth

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Jennifer Hilton
for Myself
Somersworth

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Ken Hilton
for Myself
Somersworth

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Aaron Wensley
for Myself
Dover

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Mary Joseph
for Myself
Dover

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Gary Fratus
for Myself
Dover

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Daniel Furman
for Myself
Dover

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ANGELA PRUITT
for Myself
New Durham

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Eric Pauer
for Myself
Brookline

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Sally Staude
for Myself
Stratham

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