Today Superior Court Judge John Lewis (D- Durham), will hear from a number of individuals who object to this rubber-stamping the ACLU’s request to suspend voter registration requirements relating to domicile. Lewis agreed with the ACLU and League of Women voters. The AG and Secretary of state are on that list of those who disagree, as are a few others, each asking that the hasty decision be rolled back.
But one of the most important factors weighing in on today’s hearing has to be that the New Hampshire State Supreme Court has already declared jurisdiction over the case and will fast track their hearing should Judge Lewis fail to clean up the mess he has created.
So what happened at the hearing today?
Ed Naile, Chairman of the Coalition of New Hampshire Taxpayers was there to “Object to the states objection to his motion to intervene,” but Judge Lewis wasn’t interested. He denied Ed his intervener status, and by the sound of things never intended to let anyone do much of anything. But Ed can file amicus briefs.
Ed left after that so the result of the entire hearing is still not known. But an amicus brief will allow a decade of New Hampshire voter fraud research into the court record. And if this goes to the next level, which was already per-ordained if Lewis is the bag of cats in a robe that he appears to be, the State Supreme Court will have to unravel the mess Lewis has failed to clean up.
The preliminary presumption is that this hearing will not change Lewis’ decision. If we hear different we’ll let you know.
