HB 1569 is a bill that was originally sponsored by Liberty Alliance member Robert Lynn (R-Windham). This bill is “relative to eliminating voter identification exceptions.” In other words, the goal is to make it harder for some people to vote by doing away with any identification exceptions for proving you are who you say you are. The proposed legislation takes away voter affidavits as proof of identification and repeals the procedures for affidavit ballots. How many voters would this proposed legislation block from even being able to register, let alone cast a ballot?
There is a public hearing at the State House next Tuesday, April 23rd at 9:40am in the Legislative Office Building, room 103. If you are unable to attend in person but want to help us protect our democracy and voter's rights in New Hampshire you can email the Senate Election Law committee here to express your opposition. Or you can sign in on the bill. Takes only a moment to do.
In the words of Granny D, “Democracy is not something we have. It is something we do.”
Let’s go “do!”