Is YOUR Town Petitioning to Limit Your Speech? - Granite Grok

Is YOUR Town Petitioning to Limit Your Speech?

imageHollis, NH. March 11th. Town elections and voting on a bunch of warrant articles – this is not a cheap place to live with its new trucks, parking lots and playgrounds, but this one took the cake, and it was recommended by a supposedly conservative Selectman:

Recommended by Selectmen
Not Recommended by Budget Committee

ARTICLE 18 – Petition Article for a Constitutional Amendment
To see if the Town will vote to urge the New Hampshire State Legislature to join nearly 500 municipalities and 16 other states, including all other New England states, in calling upon Congress to move forward a constitutional amendment that 1) guarantees the right of our elected representatives and of the American people to safeguard fair elections through authority to regulate political spending, and 2) clarifies that constitutional rights were established for people, not corporations. That the New Hampshire Congressional delegation supports such a constitutional amendment. That the New Hampshire State Legislature supports such an amendment once it is approved by Congress and sent to the State for ratification. The record of the vote approving this article shall be transmitted by written notice to Hollis’s congressional delegation, and to Hollis State Legislators, and to the Governor of New Hampshire and the President of the United States informing them of the instructions from their constituents by the Hollis Selectmen, within 30 days of the vote.

Yeah. Let’s give the congress critters the constitutional right to limit how we can band together and spend to remove them from office! What could go wrong?

Dear Selectman – you know who you are – ever hear of the abuses committed under McCain-Feingold? Do you really think that giving Congress authority over the people to limit spending on elections will be used for anything other than an incumbency protection racket?

The purpose of the Constitution and Bill of Rights is to Prevent Congress from usurping the power of the people. Why on earth would you want to give our overlords an explicit right to prevent us speaking ill of them? (Because that is exactly what it will be used for)

See this notable quote, too

Dear Citizens of NH, if you find this in your town, kill it!      

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