New Hampshire
New Hampshire House Advances Provisional Ballot Bill
By HOLLY RAMER, Related Press
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Home accredited a decision Thursday in assist of the state’s first-in-the-nation presidential main earlier than advancing a invoice opponents mentioned would threaten it.
The nonbinding decision got here every week after the Democratic Nationwide Committee accredited a plan to revoke the assured first-place spots within the presidential nominating calendar lengthy held by the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire main. Noting that New Hampshire has withstood earlier challenges, Home lawmakers affirmed their dedication to the first custom and mentioned candidates are well-served by campaigning in a state with an engaged citizenry and “nicely run, free and honest elections.”
However a supporter of a invoice to create a provisional poll system later referred to as the present system “laughable” as a result of it permits folks to forged fraudulent ballots with nearly no penalties.
Underneath present regulation, voters who arrive on the polls with out the mandatory identification fill out out affidavits promising to supply documentation inside 10 days, and those that don’t may be investigated and charged with fraud. The votes themselves stay legitimate, however below a invoice despatched to the Home Finance Committee on Thursday, the state would create a brand new kind of “affidavit ballots” that will be thrown out if voters fail to comply with up.
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Opponents referred to as it an costly and complex answer to an issue that doesn’t exist, and mentioned making a system that will delay the ultimate outcomes for greater than every week would threaten the state’s potential to carry the primary main. Rep. Russell Muirhead, D-Hanover, famous that the secretary of state has referred to as the state’s elections honest, free and reliable, and that Gov. Chris Sununu has referred to as them safe, correct and dependable.
“The correct factor to do is to comply with the instance of Gov. Sununu and our secretary of state and inform voters the reality,” he mentioned. “As an alternative, this invoice indulges misinformation in regards to the integrity of our elections.”
Rep. Ross Berry, R-Manchester, mentioned he doesn’t declare that there’s huge voter fraud within the state, however there’s a severe lack of religion within the present system.
“You must produce nothing. You signal an affidavit, it’s a chunk of paper, it means nothing,” mentioned Berry, a former director of the New Hampshire Republican State Committee. “Attempt to monitor that particular person down once they’ve given you a pretend title and a pretend deal with. It’s a laughable system.”
An earlier model of the invoice handed the Senate final month.
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CONCORD, NH — From all of us to all of you, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Holidays.
We hope you have a great time with family and friends during this joyous time of the year.
Unlike last year, when it was kinda dreary due to not having any snow, there is a little bit on the ground this year, thankfully. It’s incredible how something as simple as a little white stuff on the ground can make the mood festive.
If you need some posts and videos to get into the holiday spirit, check out some of the ones I put together this season:
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The Concord Nativity scene outside the Statehouse on Christmas Eve 2024. Credit: Tony Schinella
This year, I ran out of time and did not get to put together a Christmas lights video. I ran out of time last year, too. However, I’ll make a mental note to do one in 2025; it’s work to put together, but they are a lot of fun.
If you haven’t seen the prior videos, check them out here:
Christmas Lights in Concord 2022:
Christmas Lights in Concord 2021:
Christmas Lights in Concord 2020, Part 1:
Christmas Lights in Concord 2020, Part 2:
I’ll have a few “Best Of” posts next week, and we can then welcome in the New Year.
Until then, stay safe and enjoy your time with your family and friends.
Got a news tip? Could you send it to tony.schinella@patch.com? View videos on Tony Schinella’s YouTube.com channel or Rumble.com channel.
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