A thought on Veto Day and SB 289 - "AN ACT relative to presenting photo identification to vote in person." - Granite Grok

A thought on Veto Day and SB 289 – “AN ACT relative to presenting photo identification to vote in person.”

While there is a part of me that is going “Yeah, this may cut off some of the Democrat ‘advantage’ at election time” but that’s not why I am glad this has passed –  The reason is for a more open and more TRUSTWORTHY part of Government – a voter now has to present a qualified picture ID in order to obtain a ballot and vote in the State of NH.  Sure (as the critics say), you can manufacture a fake ID  – lots of high schoolers do it to by tobacco or alcohol.  Illegal immigrants buy fake IDs to get a job or other economic reasons.  The point however, is that the use of fake IDs is generally for one’s self-interest (agreed: exceptions exist).  To manipulate or skew an election takes a lot of money, a lot of people, and therefore, a lot of planning.  Much harder to do than to just walk up and give a name, take a ballot, and off you go to the voting booth.  Heck, this last election I told the election lady my friend’s name instead of mine – all the while looking at the Town Clerk in the eye (and she started to wag her finger at me as we have known each other for years and she KNEW what I was doing).

The word came down via the email list from House Republican office in the NH House that the SB 289 veto of Gov. Lynch had been overridden (text of same is after the jump).  What I noticed, though,  was any mention / the absence of the person who had been the impetus this year to get this bill passed into law.  Without him, and without his planning and his volunteers, it is doubtful that it would have had the mindshare of legislators without the publicity he generated.  That would be James O’Keefe of Project Veritas who was behind this video:

 So I let him know how I felt:

Subject:     Fwd: RELEASE House Leaders Comment on Override of Voter ID Veto
Date:     Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:37:20 -0400
From:     Skip Murphy <Skip@GraniteGrok.com>
To:     James E. O’Keefe

James!

Congratulations on getting Voter Fraud getting kicked in the teeth here in NH!

Without what you did with your volunteers and videos, it would have never happened.

You Da Man!

-Skip

Somebody had to let him know that he and his work was appreciated.  Now the question is, what is the intent of NH AG Dick Head now?  Is he going to think “a sinkhole

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House Leaders Comment on Override of Voter Registration Forms Veto

CONCORD – House Speaker William O’Brien (R-Mont Vernon) and House Majority Leader Pete Silva (R-Nashua) today released the following statement on the override of the Governor’s veto of Senate Bill 318, which modifies voter registration to pre-2007 forms and makes clear to voters that only domiciled New Hampshire citizens can vote in our elections. The House overrode the bill 232 to 110, within the necessary 2/3rds of members present and voting.

House Speaker William O’Brien

“It is now clear that in order to vote in New Hampshire one must be a resident of New Hampshire. That’s both common sense and easy to understand. No explanation beyond a desire for non-New Hampshire voters to participate in New Hampshire elections can adequately explain why the Governor chose to veto this reasonable bill. We are pleased we were able to pass override the veto and uphold the House position today. Each candidate for Governor needs to clearly explain to voters his or her position whether voting in New Hampshire should be limited to New Hampshire residents.”

House Majority Leader Pete Silva

“There is no reason we shouldn’t be informing voters that they can only be domiciled in one place and can only vote in one city, town or state in a given election. By overriding the Governor’s veto today we have ensured more information and transparency in our voting process which will help to deter voter fraud and support integrity in New Hampshire elections.”

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