Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, every nomination paper of a candidate for president at the presidential primary to be held on March 7, 2000, shall be submitted to the registrars of the city or town in which the signers appear to be voters not later than 12:00 noon on December 23, 1999.