Record out-of-state student voter turnout on November 8th may have been the straw that broke this camel’s back. Yes, I’ve been complaining about it for years and making a decent case (I think), but it’s time to get relentless.
Related: College Students in NH Admit They Have More Voting Rights Than True Granite Staters
Why have we allowed the state government to give (0r create for) non-residents in New Hampshire more “voting rights” than actual residents?
Where are the lawsuits, LSRs, or mass movements to fix this injustice?
New Hampshire gave college kids who live outside the state but attend college within our borders the ability to vote in two states, but they can’t give us that same right?
Democrats defend this inequity as if any effort to correct it is discrimination while insisting on mandatory voting by mail, invalidating their argument of vote suppression.
What the F!!K do we have to do to win this argument and end the discrimination perpetrated by the Governor, the AG, the Secretary of State, and everyone else involved in administering election on actual domiciled residents in New Hampshire?
As long as this inequity exists, we can’t win elections or even know what NH residents want at the town, city, country, state, or national level. These “students” are voting where it will have the most impact (and by the impact, they mean on your state and local spending, regulations, all of it). They can and do leave you holding the check.
So, NH isn’t purple or blue. We don’t know what color it is until this is resolved, but we do know this. When anyone brings up “Student voting rights,” you engage that debate and give them the correct definition.
The difference between out-of-state college students and actual New Hampshire residents is that the former has more voting rights. The Legislature lets them “legally” vote in either of two states, but you can only vote in one.
Keep saying it until it sticks.
Note: Yes, I know that governments cannot create rights. They can only take them away. So, does that make this situation better or worse?
