The state's ballot access laws have been traditionally lenient, with prospective presidential candidates only required to pay a $1,000 fee to secure a line on the primary ballot. Primary elections are scheduled to be held on Tuesday, February 11, 2020, with the vast majority of polling places closed by 7 p.m. and 13 cities allowed to close at 8 p.m. In this semi-closed Republican primary, candidates must meet a viability threshold of 10 percent at the statewide level in order to be considered viable. New Hampshire's pledged delegates to the
2020 Republican National Convention are then allocated proportionally to candidates who received 10% or more of the vote.
Candidates on the ballot The following candidates were on the ballot, and listed in order of filing: •
Rocky De La Fuente, California • Rick Kraft, New Mexico •
Donald Trump, Florida • Star Locke, Texas •
Robert Ardini, New York • Eric Merrill, New Hampshire • Stephen B. Comley Sr., Massachusetts •
Bob Ely, Illinois •
Zoltan Istvan, California • Matthew John Matern, California • "President" R. Boddie, Georgia • Larry Horn, Oregon •
Bill Weld, Massachusetts • Juan Payne, Alabama •
Joe Walsh, Illinois • William N. Murphy, New Hampshire • Mary Maxwell, New Hampshire ==Campaign==