The only reason we do not have a voter ID law in New Hampshire is because Republicans didn’t vote to override a veto. We don’t need Lynch to like the bill. We don’t need one single Democrat in the entire legislature to like it either. We just need a few more GOP House members to like it and to vote to override any new veto.
“Perhaps that suspicion of fraud enhances the flavor.” —C. S. Forester
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Juxtaposing this anti-voter ID push-back with the viewpoint of the average citizen who votes, but does not dabble in activist partisan rancor, an overwhelming majority of those citizens agree it is perfectly reasonable to show who one is to vote on election days. Maintaining the integrity of a system, intended to incorporate the duty of one person, one vote, gels with average sensibilities and common sense.
Updated and bumped: The video is now embeddable, so embed I shall! The video, being brand new, is not yet embeddable on the ‘Grok just yet (C-SPAN generally waits about a week before “releasing” stuff like this). However, here’s the link: Washington Journal 1/7/2011. Nicely done!
A friend of mine sent me this email missive from Maggie Hassan (candidate for the Democrat nomination for NH Governor):
Dear Friend,
After watching the GOP Primary, I got tense thinking about all of the damage some of these candidates could do to progressive causes and values across the country.
That’s why we need President Obama to stand strong.
At home, progressive values face the most serious threat in years. We need to stand strong right now as well. Please support our campaign financially today to make sure we stand strong as Granite Staters.
If Bill O’Brien and his extremist friends control all three branches of our government there is no telling the amount of damage they could do. Consider, they have already:
Overriden the Governor’s veto to allow parents to opt their child out of ANY public school class if they don’t like the material that is being taught for ANY reason
Tried to repeal the law that protects our environment and limits the impact of greenhouse gases across all of New England
Tried to repeal public employee collective bargaining rights and passed so-called “right to work” legislation.
Organized to repeal marriage equality.
Tried to repeal kindergarten and compulsory education altogether.
Repealed the minimum wage.
Cut cigarette taxes.
Canceled the state’s contract with Planned Parenthood for birth control.
Extremist? Really? Now, as I said here, I’m willing to talk with anyone, including Progressive Democrats – and be nice too! But really – extremist? Of course I have some thoughts….
I love this guy. From The Telegraph in Great Britain, James Delingpole heads up his column, “Ha ha Warmist losers. For you the war is over.” But better yet is the picture that accompanies the column (see below); the caption below the picture explains that it shows “Warmists, reacting with horror at their defeat.” Heh! Read … Read more
“Eminent domain is not the end, it is the means — a tool the government uses for economic development.” —Brad Thomas, Embree Group
Berlin Mayor Paul Grenier (D)
Paul Grenier, (D) the Mayor of Berlin and a Coos County commissioner took to the pages of the Union Leader yesterday to make the case for Northern Pass. “I take property rights very seriously,” wrote Grenier, then continuing on to rail against House Bill 648, asserting,
“HB 648 was specifically designed to stop the Northern Pass project, and some members of the Senate continue to seek amendments that target this project. However, if passed, this extreme approach would likely have much broader impact on our state than just taking out the Northern Pass.”
Mayor Grenier continues on talking about the Carson-Bradley Amendment to HB 648 describing the Senators’ Amendment as,
“There is no voter fraud problem in New Hampshire. We already have strong elections laws that are effective in regulating our elections.” —Governor John H. Lynch, in his July 2011 veto address of HB129
There is no voter fraud problem in New Hampshire. We already have strong elections laws that are effective in regulating our elections.
That has been the key Democratic talking point right down the line. From our own Attorney General to Ray Buckley, “Shrill” Kathy Sullivan, and a gaggle of RINO’s in the legislature. Opponents continued to push back against Voter ID claiming whole groups of people would be denied access to the polls under this bill. In vetoing HB 129 bill last Summer, Skip also pointed out in the governor’s veto message:
The Project Veritas punking of the gaping holes in New Hampshire’s voting process is priceless. If you missed it, they used the names of dead people to get ballots in this weeks First in the nation NH primary and posted the video of that on-line. It demonstrated that vote stealing is not just possible, it is as easy as many of us have claimed for years, and happened just months after Governor Lynch vetoed a voter ID measure in which he claimed…
There is no voter fraud problem in New Hampshire. We already have strong elections laws that are effective in regulating our elections.
In response to a Letter to the Editor in the Daily Sun (P. 4) today, i sent in this response (original Letter after the jump):
I actually wonder why there is not more discussion of theology in “public square”, Mr. Carey. After all, it was the philosophy of Judeo-Christian theology that gave rise to the political philosophy of our Republic in which we now live. Religon, and the attendent theologies, shapes many of our individual outlooks on life, those around us, and how we conduct ourselves; in short, our personal morality. Since it is individuals that become our legislatures, it makes it more important to have those discussions. After all, they concoct our laws which form our public morality.
Hot off the presses: This week’s RLCNH Report features a long list of bills that the legislature did not vote on last week, plus a calendar full of House committee hearings. Top action items for the week include: HB 574 to restore property rights during a time of emergency HB 1382 to allow parents to … Read more
Mitt Romney owned the New Hampshire Primary. Period. Turnout was good and steady but not unusual. Nothing dramatic happened. People just gave up and voted for Mittens. With 95% reporting Governor Romney took 39% of the vote. Ron Paul came in second with 23%. Governor Huntsman managed third with 17%. Gingrich and Santorum both had … Read more
“Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk.” —Henry David Thoreau
Brendan Bisbee is a former police officer who now sits in jail, convicted of perjury after he lied to help his girlfriend Kristin Ruggiero lie in order that her ex-husband be thrown in jail, have his career ruined and deny a relationship with their minor daughter born of that relationship.
I got a tip just after 2pm that the story has broken that James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas has done yet another undercover investigation. First, however, let’s set the stage with what Gov. Lynch has said:
The right to vote is a fundamental right that is guaranteed to all citizens of this State under the United States and New Hampshire Constitutions. An eligible voter who goes to the polls to vote on Election Day should be able to have his or her vote count on Election Day. SB 129 creates a real risk that New Hampshire voters will be denied their right to vote.
Voter turnout in New Hampshire is among the highest in the nation, election after election. There is no voter fraud problem in New Hampshire. We already have strong elections laws that are effective in regulating our elections.
Riiiggghhhttt! Really? Who are you going to believe – Lynch and Gardner’s closed eyes or your lying eyes:
Lying eyes: as in “the same thing time after time – walk up, give some dead guy’s name, confirm the address, and get a ballot. Simple. Fraudulent.” And you watched it over and over. Project Veritas chose NH’s First In The Nation Primary to investigate voter fraud here in NH – and they certainly found a number of problems here yesterday at a number of polling places:
On New Hampshire Primary Day, Project Veritas sent a team of investigators into polling places with a list of deceased voters to see if they would be permitted to vote.
We tested more than a dozen polling places, simply walking up and stating the name of the deceased, and in all but one instance — where an alert poll worker actually knew the recently deceased — we were handed ballots.
While our investigators cast no votes and returned the ballots, there was nothing stopping our team from illegally influencing the outcome of a presidential primary.
With the 8 vote margin in the 2012 Iowa Caucus, it is clear that voter fraud can influence the outcome of an election. It is important to note that Project Veritas’ team had the ability to cast more than a dozen votes in this latest investigation.
This has gone viral in the blogosphere and I just wish that I had been able to post this up earlier – but there will be more coming!
Shane Vander Hart of Iowa’s Caffeinated Thoughts and the Groksters will be chatting live as the poll returns start coming in here in NH starting at about 7pm (at least, that’s the estimated time). Newer posts will be posted after this one during our CHAT – then this will be rolled downward.
The only reason we do not have a voter ID law in New Hampshire is because Republicans didn’t vote to override a veto. We don’t need Lynch to like the bill. We don’t need one single Democrat in the entire legislature to like it either. We just need a few more GOP House members to like it and to vote to override any new veto.
