Bipolar Domicile Syndrome…For Voting Purposes…

by
Steve MacDonald

Democrats use domicile to allow out of state influence in local electionsThe New Hampshire TEA Party Republican Legislature did a lot more than just eliminate the 800 Million dollar deficit Democrats willingly left behind, while writing a balanced budget, and estimating revenues that came in on target.  They also managed to repair some damage to election law in regard to domicile.

SB318, vetoed by Governor Lynch, was overridden by both the House and Senate  (House Roll Call)(Senate Roll Call) and become law.  And while there are several important corrections to the forms and language that were made the one that strikes me as the most important is this.

Struck…

[A person’s claim of domicile for voting purposes shall not be conclusive of the person’s residence for any other legal purpose.]

“A persons claim to domicile for voting purposes shall not be conclusive of the person’s residence for any other legal purpose.”

This was inserted into the law when Democrats ran the legislature to allow anyone who was in the state to vote here on election day.  And ‘anyone’ could.   They could vote for Presidents, congressman, Senators, state house offices, Executive Council, Governor…and inevitably, or at least potentially (as long as they were on the list), your local offices, local warrant articles, school and town budgets, local spending, whatever their hearts desire and or as directed by the Democrat party of New Hampshire and their fellow travelers in the university system.

An army of available Democrat voting ballot stuffers on tap.

This is what allowed students whose declared legal residence was outside of New Hampshire to vote Democrat in New Hampshire, even though most of them were paying out of state tuition rates, carrying out of state drivers licenses, and not having any intention of staying after college (see NH Brain Drain).

But they were helping the New Hampshire Democrat party steal votes, and tax dollars, from you, by trying to make your vote meaningless.  And New Hampshire Democrats wanted that, defended it, enshrined it in law, and to this day do everything they can to make you believe that this is something other than a game of political chess where they add extra pieces to give them the advantage.

You’ll be happy to know that not one Democrat in either chamber of the NH Legislature voted in favor of making SB318 law.  And they can make all the excuses they like, but you can’t run away from the facts.  New Hampshire democrats legalized ballot stuffing and out of state influence on local elections when they allowed people who lived outside New Hampshire to vote here, simply becasue they felt certain the majority of them would vote for them and their agenda.  And this exactly why they are against voter ID.

Voter ID doesn’t make it harder for legal residents to vote.  There is no proof that it does, has, or ever will.   But what it does do is make it harder for Democrat voting college students to have bi-polar domicile syndrome, when New Hampshire Democrats need to stuff your local ballot box with their out of state influence.

And making it legal does not make it ethical.  Your vote is perhaps your highest form of political speech.  A majority left wing faction legalized the theft of  votes from the legitimate residents, erased them with the votes of people whose home towns are outside New Hampshire, by making unethical behavior legal.

Claiming it was legal does not make it right.  Letting the government define your morality is far from flattering.  And defending the practice does not salvage your character either.  Encouraging voter fraud is immoral and unethical.  And demanding that we continue to permit it to occur should be the equivalent of political suicide.

And on that note,  here is a list of every elected Democrat (and Republican) that voted to continue the practice of allowing out of state residents to influence local elections by claiming Democrat diagnosed bipolar domicile disorder.

Note: No Democrat voted in favor on the final vote for SB 318.  Those missing from this list were excused, absent or did not vote.  Republicans who voted against as well as State Senate Democrats are also listed

Aguiar, James Democrat Grafton 6 Nay
Almy, Susan Democrat Grafton 11 Nay
Baroody, Benjamin Democrat Hillsborough 13 Nay
Berube, Roger Democrat Strafford 2 Nay
Bouchard, Candace Democrat Merrimack 11 Nay
Browne, Brendon Democrat Strafford 4 Nay
Butynski, William Democrat Cheshire 4 Nay
Cali-Pitts, Jacqueline Democrat Rockingham 16 Nay
Campbell, David Democrat Hillsborough 24 Nay
Chase, Cynthia Democrat Cheshire 3 Nay
Cloutier, John Democrat Sullivan 4 Nay
Cooney, Mary Democrat Grafton 7 Nay
Cote, David Democrat Hillsborough 23 Nay
Coulombe, Gary Democrat Coos 4 Nay
Daler, Jennifer Democrat Hillsborough 4 Nay
Deloge, Helen Democrat Merrimack 12 Nay
DiPentima, Rich Democrat Rockingham 16 Nay
Foose, Robert Democrat Merrimack 1 Nay
Frazer, June Democrat Merrimack 10 Nay
Gagnon, Raymond Democrat Sullivan 4 Nay
Gidge, Kenneth Democrat Hillsborough 24 Nay
Gile, Mary Democrat Merrimack 10 Nay
Gimas, John Democrat Hillsborough 12 Nay
Ginsburg, Philip Democrat Strafford 7 Nay
Gorman, Mary Democrat Hillsborough 23 Nay
Gould, Franklin Democrat Grafton 11 Nay
Grassie, Anne Democrat Strafford 1 Nay
Hamm, Christine Democrat Merrimack 4 Nay
Harding, Laurie Democrat Grafton 11 Nay
Hatch, William Democrat Coos 3 Nay
Hawkes, Samuel Democrat Cheshire 3 Nay
Hooper, Dorothea Democrat Strafford 5 Nay
Horrigan, Timothy Democrat Strafford 7 Nay
Jeudy, Jean Democrat Hillsborough 10 Nay
Johnsen, Gladys Democrat Cheshire 3 Nay
Kaen, Naida Democrat Strafford 7 Nay
Keans, Sandra Democrat Strafford 1 Nay
Lefebvre, Benjamin Democrat Sullivan 1 Nay
Leishman, Peter Democrat Hillsborough 3 Nay
Levasseur, Nickolas Democrat Hillsborough 11 Nay
Lindsey, Steven Democrat Cheshire 3 Nay
Long, Patrick Democrat Hillsborough 10 Nay
Lovejoy, Patricia Democrat Rockingham 13 Nay
MacKay, James Democrat Merrimack 11 Nay
Merrick, Evalyn Democrat Coos 2 Nay
Moody, Marcia Democrat Rockingham 12 Nay
Nordgren, Sharon Democrat Grafton 9 Nay
Norelli, Terie Democrat Rockingham 16 Nay
Owen, Derek Democrat Merrimack 4 Nay
Pantelakos, Laura Democrat Rockingham 16 Nay
Parkhurst, Henry Democrat Cheshire 4 Nay
Pastor, Beatriz Democrat Grafton 9 Nay
Patten, Dick Democrat Merrimack 11 Nay
Pelletier, Marsha Democrat Strafford 5 Nay
Perry, Robert Democrat Strafford 3 Nay
Pierce, David Democrat Grafton 9 Nay
Pilotte, Maurice Democrat Hillsborough 16 Nay
Potter, Frances Democrat Merrimack 10 Nay
Ramsey, Peter Democrat Hillsborough 8 Nay
Read, Robin Democrat Rockingham 16 Nay
Rhodes, Brian Democrat Hillsborough 22 Nay
Rice, Chip Democrat Merrimack 12 Nay
Richardson, Gary Democrat Merrimack 4 Nay
Roberts, Jenna Democrat Strafford 7 Nay
Rokas, Ted Democrat Hillsborough 12 Nay
Rosenwald, Cindy Democrat Hillsborough 22 Nay
Sad, Tara Democrat Cheshire 2 Nay
Schlachman, Donna Democrat Rockingham 13 Nay
Schmidt, Andrew Democrat Sullivan 1 Nay
Schmidt, Peter Democrat Strafford 4 Nay
Serlin, Christopher Democrat Rockingham 16 Nay
Shaw, Barbara Democrat Hillsborough 16 Nay
Shurtleff, Stephen Democrat Merrimack 10 Nay
Smith, Suzanne Democrat Grafton 7 Nay
Spainhower, Dale Democrat Strafford 2 Nay
Spang, Judith Democrat Strafford 7 Nay
Sprague, Dale Democrat Strafford 2 Nay
Sullivan, Daniel Democrat Hillsborough 8 Nay
Sullivan, Peter Democrat Hillsborough 10 Nay
Tatro, Bruce Democrat Cheshire 6 Nay
Taylor, Kathleen Democrat Grafton 2 Nay
Theberge, Robert Democrat Coos 4 Nay
Thomas, Yvonne Democrat Coos 4 Nay
Townsend, Charles Democrat Grafton 10 Nay
Wall, Janet Democrat Strafford 7 Nay
Wallner, Mary Jane Democrat Merrimack 12 Nay
Watrous, Rick Democrat Merrimack 12 Nay
Watters, David Democrat Strafford 4 Nay
Weber, Lucy Democrat Cheshire 2 Nay
Weed, Charles Democrat Cheshire 3 Nay
White, Andrew Democrat Grafton 11 Nay
Williams, Robert Democrat Merrimack 11 Nay

 

Republicans who also voted no. [All of  ‘The Usual Suspects’]

Brown, Julie Republican Strafford 1 Nay
Brown, Paul Republican Rockingham 2 Nay
Charron, Gene Republican Rockingham 7 Nay
DeSimone, Debra Republican Rockingham 6 Nay
Dowling, Patricia Republican Rockingham 5 Nay
Drisko, Richard Republican Hillsborough 5 Nay
Emerson, Susan Republican Cheshire 7 Nay
Hoelzel, Kathleen Republican Rockingham 2 Nay
Kidder, David Republican Merrimack 1 Nay
Pilliod, James Republican Belknap 5 Nay
Robbins, David Republican Hillsborough 26 Nay
Russell, David Republican Belknap 6 Nay
Seaworth, G. Brian Republican Merrimack 7 Nay
Soltani, Tony Republican Merrimack 8 Nay
St. Cyr, Jeffrey Republican Belknap 5 Nay
Thomas, Joseph Republican Hillsborough 19 Nay
Vaillancourt, Steve Republican Hillsborough 15 Nay
Waddell, James Republican Rockingham 15 Nay

 

New Hampshire Senate Democrats voting no(All)

D’Allesandro, Lou Democrat 20 Nay
Houde, Matthew Democrat 5 Nay
Kelly, Molly Democrat 10 Nay
Larsen, Sylvia Democrat 15 Nay
Merrill, Amanda Democrat 21 Nay

 

No Republican Senators voted against the veto override.

 

 

Author

  • Steve MacDonald

    Steve is a long-time New Hampshire resident, blogger, and a member of the Board of directors of The 603 Alliance. He is the owner of Grok Media LLC and the Managing Editor of GraniteGrok.com, a former board member of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, and a past contributor to the Franklin Center for Public Policy.

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