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New Hampshire legislature overrides governor’s voter ID veto
On Wednesday, the Republican-controlled Senate and House of New Hampshire overrode Democratic Gov. John Lynch’s veto of Senate Bill 289, which requires photo identification to be presented when voting. The override required a two-thirds majority in each chamber. It cleared the Senate by a margin of 18-5 and the House by 231-112.
Lynch had previously expressed concerns that voter ID laws would limit the constitutional right of citizens to vote. In a press release, he stated that “SB 289 would put into place a photo identification system that is far more restrictive than necessary.”
Republicans disagreed with Lynch: “Today, our citizens have to show an ID to get on a plane, on a bus, to pick up a package and to enter a federal building,” House Majority Leader Pete Silver stated. ”It certainly is not a major imposition to ask for a driver’s license or other ID in order to protect the integrity of voting.”
Boobie the Rocket Dog
June 29th, 2012
YES! More DemocRAT governors ought to be ridden over . . . er… overridden.
persecutor
June 29th, 2012
And in a related story, the Governor announced that ACORN would receive a block grant to help dead New Hampshire voters cast their ballots.
Unneutral
June 29th, 2012
It’s a damn good start.
Tim
June 29th, 2012
Uh oh … the sheeple may be waking up.
MaryfromMarin
June 29th, 2012
Well done!
judgeroybean
June 29th, 2012
To this day the left has not been able to produce one legitimate voter who was denied the privilege of voting because they did not have proper ID. On the other hand, a relative with Down’s Syndrome, who can neither function in society nor communicate, magically appeared on the voter rolls as a democrat. Shazzam.
fina
June 29th, 2012
This is a BFD
Dr. Tar
June 29th, 2012
“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”
Winston Churchill November 1942
Extirpates
June 29th, 2012
in faith could this be a reaction to the dead people were photographed voting in the primary license?
Sure hope so!!!
Extirpates
June 29th, 2012
Please delete “in faith”, a malfunction of a speech to text program.
boy howdy
June 29th, 2012
how bout that. a coupla folks with some sanity
bitterclinger
June 29th, 2012
New Hampshire is pretty damn impressive these days.