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Take a look at some of the more interesting parts of the 2014 Guare v. NH case that was meant to codify out-of-state, unqualified voter’s participation in New Hampshire elections. You can see how this case, in my opinion, was never meant to be won by “our side.” My comments are in parenthesis.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire.
Annemarie Guare & a. v. State of New Hampshire
No. 2014–558
Decided: May 15, 2015
Five (out of the possible 24 NH State Senate District) candidates showed up (listed alphabetically):
Here is Gary – the others are after the jump.
There were a number of no-shows (although Bob Guida (District 2), while absent, at least sent in a Letter to be read). Which left the following no-shows:
The State Supreme Court has ruled (in its analysis of HB1264, which the governor then signed yesterday) that out-of-state college students do not have more rights than actual citizens of New Hampshire. They are not entitled to a special exclusion from the responsibilities actual residents accept including registering vehicles in the Granite State or obtaining a New Hampshire driver’s license. And asking these things of them is not a poll tax.
This is as it should be but New Hampshire Democrats have been stealing elections from Granite Staters for years and in spite of the court’s opinion they are ramping up to try and rob you of at least one more.
Progressive arguments for campaign finance reform (see also, the false getting money out of politics narrative) have nothing to do with transparency or money. They are about exposing donor lists to intimidation by left-wing thugs to suppress donations, and the speech they would afford political opponents.
Alternately or should I say Alt-Lefternately, Antifa, one of the Progressives thug armies hides its identity while actively suppressing speech Democrats (coincidentally) oppose. They attack people, destroy property, and use intimidation to suppress actual speech. Some GOP lawmakers have proposed legislation to amp up the penalties for those who actually commit certain crimes while “masked.”
Antifa is not happy.
Sometimes you feel like a win, any win, is enough. Hey, what about banning drinking straws? They’re easy to use, convenient, people like them, but something about the environment.
Starbucks, the same company that very briefly brought us the opportunity to discuss race relations with their counter-people (pompously branded with the label barista), is leading a charge among globally known brands to end the use of plastic straws in our lifetime.
The circular logic New Hampshire courts use to let unqualified out-of-state residents vote in our state goes on and on.
In 2012 a Superior Court judge, now retired because he let other stupid opinions he had about female attorneys be known, issued an injunction against an attempt by the NH Legislature to stop out-out-state voters from involvement in our general elections where positions for federal office are determined. This activist judge invented a term for unqualified transient voters known as “mobile domiciled” voters
The case went to the NH State Supreme Court in 2015 after dragging through several elections.
Here is the offending language in question:
After decades of accepting non-citizens votes as equal to a qualified citizen’s vote, the New Hampshire State Supreme Court has acknowledged in its recent opinion that one must be domiciled in New Hampshire to vote here. This means that being domiciled in our state carries certain responsibilities – the same responsibilities as that of any other citizen.
Get ready for the “poll tax” debate! Proponents of non-resident voting will drag out a pathetic argument sure to stimulate the naive. Here is the argument:
Obtaining an NH driver’s license when declaring NH your voting domicile is the same as a poll tax.
OK, let’s take the poll tax debate head-on.
The left is so unhinged about the nomination of (XX) that the progressive monkeys are “digging deep” for any bit of poo to throw. This has ignited the Twitterverse with a new hashtag. #BrettKavanaughScadals.
As you might expect, the denizens of said ‘verse’ are having a blast owning that hashtag to make fun of the left.
Carrie Severino’s got her top ten posted at National Review. I searched the hashtag and here are mine (so far), some of which are the same, and in no particular order.
No, I wasn’t on the roster of speakers but I decided to try anyways – and Keith Hanson of WNTK, the MC for the CNHT Annual Taxpayer Picnic, allowed me a few moments. As I pointed out here, I’ve been making this offer for a while:
So, knowing the reach of GraniteGrok, why not use it? So, if you didn’t catch my message here – listen again! So far, only Becky Bailey for NH House Grafton 15 (as far as candidates are concerned) and Constitution Camp (as far as non-profits are concerned) have taken me up on my offer. Still there, still exists, but start sending them in!
To be honest, I would have thought a few more prospective Republican candidates would have shown up at the CNHT Annual Taxpayer Picnic:
BUT! Jim Beard who is running unopposed in District 2 showed up and Jane Cormier, the soon to be “Singing Councilor” (Sidenote: She will be singing the national anthem at the beginning of the Manchester Fisher Cat game on August 3rd.) were present and willing to speak to the crowd:
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Recently I was asked why I was running for NH State Representative. The easy answer would be that I was corralled into it. Really, there was an open seat as one of the reps was not running for re-election so I had an opportunity to “put my money where my mouth was”, so to speak.
One of the main reasons that my wife and I moved to New Hampshire was the lower level of government intrusion into people’s lives. My overall view is supporting free-markets and individual liberty. I believe that when people have the freedom to engage in capitalism, the free market can solve many problems that arise. I also believe people should be able to run their own lives, as long as they don’t interfere with the rights of others.
Proponents of government programs and projects usually proclaim that given problems will be solved. “Leave it to us” actually seems to mean “you can’t handle it yourselves”. More insidiously, the actions (or inactions) of bureaucracies that are put in place to run the program often can’t reach the goals that were set.
Ed Nail has been all over this, naturally but I just finished reading the decision so while you should read all of Ed’s remarks I want to try to use the court’s judgment to clarify what just happened when Governor Sununu signed HB1264 into law.
An excerpt from the State Supreme Court’s decision will help us along here.
The chicken-little left has a template. If the government isn’t doing it how do we change things so it does? If Government is “doing it” and someone undoes it, declare it the end of the world. Human Sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria.
Net Neutrality was barely old enough to know when it burped up on itself when Mr. Trump’s FCC pulled the plug. Like most things, Democrats tried to delete the history of the internet prior to 2015 or at least rewrite it. Without Net Neutrality which we’d had for but a sliver (as we know it) of the internet entire existence the sky would fall.
Did it?
The 603 Alliance is working to help elect more Constitutionally Driven Republicans to New Hampshire House.
In their latest email update, they’ve got news on that front as well as an offer to get 10% off tickets to the NHLA Liberty Dinner this Sunday, in Bedford, New Hampshire.
They’ve also got info on an upcoming SDGANH Event.
We seem to take it for granted that, when it’s time to pick a new judge for an appellate court, we should look at people who are already serving as judges on lower courts. And when we’re filling vacancies on those lower courts, it seems natural that we should look at lawyers who have been … Read more
I see two of the New Hampshire State Supreme Court have almost put an end to our policy of letting out-of-state, unqualified voters determine our Federal elections.
The two others, Gary Hicks and Jimmy Bassett, should be removed from office for lack of enough common sense to be on any court.
The majority found that out-of-state “voters” are not just prohibited from serving on a jury, registering a car or dog, or getting a hunting/fishing license. They can’t use New Hampshire as a fun place to vote either. This decision took twenty years.
Democrats are not progressive. They like old stuff. Trains to move people. Governments based on an unimpeachable ruling class. And Supreme Court decisions that even bioethicist and infanticide fetishist Peter Singer would like to see scrapped like Roe v. Wade.
Steve alluded to it here and I DID have the intention of putting up the thread but, well, with the start of putting in new technology, things rolled off my “table” as it were. It was all about Gov. Sununu doing the right thing and denying wood electrical generational plants a subsidy. No, not one that would have come directly from the State of NH but one in which the State would force us all to give our own personal money to them via higher electrical costs. The fact that the House and the Senate, and the Republicans therein, decided “This Is A Great Idea!” is awful, given the NH GOP Platform:
The media is committed to selling the story that the Republicans are divided when, in fact, it is the Democrat Party that is in the throes of a full-blown civil war. The first “public” signs of wide-spread division showed themselves when Bernie Sanders challenged The Clinton Machine.
The threat that Bernie could rob Hillary of another nomination was so real that the DNC, CNN, and others fixed the primaries. The media ignored the scandals (not just because they were complicit) and the outrage, as well as a rift that kept getting bigger. And then Hillary Lost.
A loss that institutionalized open hatred and derision for anyone (including registered Democrats) who was not at progressive outrage level 11 all day and every day.
Note: After 2 1/2 years, I am finally getting back “on the circuit” and getting to events. When I do so, I have been offering to candidates that have been vetted to send me a quick blurb on who they are, what they are running for, and WHY they are running. We at GraniteGrok have a decent sized voice here in NH – why not use it for the betterment of like minded folks? So, Becky sent this so I’m keeping a promise made and putting it up
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Rebecca has lived forty plus years in Grafton County New Hampshire, fourteen of those years in the town of Piermont. Where she and her partner Robert, have raised five children.
Rebecca grew up in Lyme, New Hampshire where she was a member of the local 4H Club and showed cattle around the area. She was often seen on her grandparents farm and other farms in town, on construction sites with her father, and at church with her mother. These were the foundations for a strong work ethic, frugality, and the ethic of neighbor helping neighbor. Values that she holds to this day, values that she has passed down to her children.
Rebecca believes in small government, a government that works to protect peoples Constitutional rights, not infringe on them. She believes that government on all levels should use tax payers dollars with great care, not wasting their hard earned money on un-constitutional and frivolous spending. After all the government has no money, it is ours! Fiscal responsibility is paramount.