It's a tool to get you to sign up. I gave them bogus information.

And what is so wrong with that? Whether you realize it or not your whole life has amounted to be, in one form or another, as a lab rat. Bath in the fact that you have a better diet and when completing a study you are allowed to live.

Yeh? Still waiting for my cheese...

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Carol, I for one, can tell you that your work is much appreciated. People's arms aren't being twisted to be here. Some people just can't say a good word about anything.

@Carol Robidoux, it appears to have worked!

[Art.] 22. [Free Speech; Liberty of the Press.] Free speech and liberty of the press are essential to the security of freedom in a state: They ought, therefore, to be inviolably preserved.
June 2, 1784

What is important, contemplation the thought and not the author.

So, people who have a bad year, or are down on their luck that can't afford a license for a short time... because they lost a job, or were sick, etc... we should just not listen to their voice at all?

Why don't you say the pledge of allegiance right now... remind yourself that you are an American.

"So, people who have a bad year, or are down on their luck that can't afford a license for a short time... because they lost a job, or were sick, etc... we should just not listen to their voice at all?"

Just go down to the DMC and get a non-drivers ID.

That still costs 10 dollars, plus time to get off work, if you are working and gas money to get down there. Thank God you have never been poor and don't know what ten dollars missing from your budget does to you.

"Thank God you have never been poor and don't know what ten dollars missing from your budget does to you."

Who the heck are you to make assumptions about my background or history.

As for your $10 assertion you are either mistaken or a liar. The ID is free:

"A voter who does not have an approved photo ID may obtain a free photo ID for voting purposes only by presenting a voucher from their town/city clerk or the Secretary of State to any NH DMV office that issues identification."

http://amherst.patch.com/articles/faqs-how-the-nh-voter-id-law-will-work

A. One would have to know that in order to know to get the voucher, gen pop just hears they need an id. Even here, its not on the page http://www.nh.gov/safety/divisions/dmv/driver-licensing/non-driver-identification/index.htm only a link to the law. Most people know that laws are written in a legal ease they do not understand, nor would they think there would be a freebie in the law for them to click on it.

B. It still takes time and money to get to the DMV, now you have to take time off to visit the city clerk.

C. I say it is a pretty good assumption, because if you were ever poor enough to dread renewing your license because you had a bad year... then you wouldn't be sqawking so loud. Its not that hard to deduce, that tho you may think you were poor, you have no idea what you are talking about.

Im sure if Nikki's slow and dimwitted fictitious person(s) found that there was a free cell phone involved, I'm sure they take off from work a few minutes early.

So much anger against the poor, let's hope that you don't become one of the elderly that everybody forgets and is expected to survive on pennies. Clutch onto the hopes that you won't be one of these people, ever.

Do you call yourself a Christian? or do you only use the parts of the bible to condemn people? Freaking disgusting the disdain people have for their fellow AMERICAN. Doesn't matter if they fought for this country, survived horrors untold, if they are poor or different.. let's sweep them under the covers. How do you sleep at night?

So, someone can register to vote and get down to the polls to vote, but they are unable to go get a replacement ID when they have lost theirs after registration but before voting day? Right...

As for knowing how to vote or how to get an ID for voting, that information is available in newspapers and on the internet, both free at local libraries.

Personally, I don't know why an expired ID should be refused if the picture still looks like you. I've always been boggled by idiots who check ID's, then refuse it because it's expired. It's the license privileges that expire, not the recognizance. How can proof of identity expire if the person showing it still clearly looks like the picture?
Anyway if that's not part of the law, it should be. An expired ID is still an ID and should be treated as such at polling places.

Show one when you carry?

sorry jan we already have to show an id to get a permit to carry ...next

Just who was targeted?

Voter ID is important for a fair elecion! Voter Fraud is rampant, where people go back to polls repeatedly as different people (mostly deceased people) and voting more than once. If people want to vote, they should bring an ID or an Affidavit telling people that is who they are...very simple to do those things. Voter ID is not meant to prevent people from voting, it is meant to provide a fair election and it has.

Proud Conservative- Students were targeted see comments from others below.

Lauren Gaudette-
Please cite the independent group or government agency that has a study showing voter fraud is rampant. You cannot.

Mr. Thompson: http://www.freedomworks.org/blog/grusbf5/obama-campaign-workers-caught-facilitating-voter-f
http://www.wnd.com/2012/11/the-big-list-of-vote-fraud-reports/

Heres the proof! Now send me proof that I am wrong...YOU CAN'T!

Who won the election? Gerrymandering, voter ID, the fact that this country is up side down and the President was re-elected indicates change is a fools errand. But when the topics are limited to politics, one should not be surprised when reading these remarks.

thompson thinks only NH residents go to NH schools

moonbat supermajority will eventually kill it. We all know that. It's wrong but all you people voted for the wrong candidates, and therefore there are consequences like this one....

Ms. Gaudette- you seem to have a problem with reading comprehension. I challenged you to provide an independent source. You provided links to two of the most biased organizations out there, citing actions by admitted video fraudsters.
It is your assertion that voter fraud is rampant. In the mature adult world, it is up to you to provide a reliable, independent source.
Jim- You have no idea what I think, and putting words in my mouth shows how weak your argument is. I am fully aware that out of state students attend school in NH.
Can you put together a long enough response to explain why you think students who spend a minimum of nine months out of the year here, pay rent, buy food and pay taxes here, are not eligible to vote?
Do you advocate taxation without representation in any other situations?

There is no one in this country, unless they are homeless that does not have some kind of ID. As far as someone not having a job and money to get a license that is a personal problem and should not interfere with what is right, nor impose on others that are trying to do the right thing. It is the right humane thing to show ID to identify yourself no matter what. You whiners out there need to stop trying to get out of everything and make live miserable for eveyone. Get up off your butt and do something for your country. Stop talking your way out of everything and contribute to solutions rather than complaining.

Ya even need one to pull a fire permit. Yes thats correct, you need to show ID to burn a pile of brush on your own property.

Beth Panashida- Is it everything or virtually everything?
It would make sense to show an ID for registering a vehicle, as you need a license to drive one.
Ownership of a car, obtaining a fire permit or accessing your bank account are not Constitutional rights.

So we have so many illiterate voters around that can't find a way to get an ID we have to change the law of common?
Does anyone know what it cost every time a state legislator proposes a law? (or change)
If you can't get a vote ID, you probably won't have any idea who to vote for? IMHO

Very good point. Unfortunately there will always be people that will argue against what is right just out of plain misery and lack of common sense.

Same old arguments ...

Register to vote .. show ID
Buy gun .. show ID

Vote ? Show ID
Carry? Hmmmm?

Cite your source. Near as I can tell, the only non-resident to attempt voter fraud was James O'Keefe, and he is still afraid to enter the state, as attempted fraud has consequences.

<a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/09/16/voter-rolls-in-ohio-are-bloated-experts-say.html">Columbus Dispatch</a>, OH, Sep 2012:
<em>More than 1 out of every 5 registered Ohio voters is probably ineligible to vote. In two counties, the number of registered voters actually exceeds the voting-age population: Northwestern Ohio’s Wood County shows 109 registered voters for every 100 eligible, while in Lawrence County along the Ohio River it’s a mere 104 registered per 100 eligible.

Another 31 counties show registrations at more than 90 percent of those eligible, a rate regarded as unrealistic by most voting experts. The national average is a little more than 70 percent.</em>

<a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/politics/item_8dh7PaKRiPc0BFNPZVnGMM">Ohio man bribed by ACORN activists to register to vote 72 times</a>
<a href="http://www.frugal-cafe.com/public_html/frugal-blog/frugal-cafe-blogzone/2012/09/26/voter-fraud-uncovered-in-absentee-votes-cast-in-florida-new-york-watchdog-group-says-this-is-just-tip-of-the-iceberg/">Voter Fraud Uncovered in Absentee Votes Cast in FL & NY</a>
<a href="http://nicedeb.wordpress.com/2012/11/16/video-rampant-voter-fraud-observed-by-poll-watcher-in-va/">Video: Rampant Voter Fraud Witnessed by Poll Watcher in VA</a>
<a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/politics/bogus_voter_booted_amid_probe_of_WECdDEdtSRHFkI6NOWjXjP">Bogus voter booted amid probe of ACORN, 4,000 of leftwing group's sign-ups are shady</a>

You can site as many reports of voter fraud as you like, the opposition isn't listening!
""Don't confuse me with the facts my Mind is made up!!!!""

to funny !! Thompson you ask to have a source cited then you cite one , OK, James o'keefe is a perfect example of why we need voter id ...happy now ?
it dont matter if its a rebuplican or a democrat of and independant commiting voter fraud its fraud against us all

Yes - that's the liberal idea of Shangri-la. Anything goes in their chaotic brains and apparently their chaotic lives if you believe some of these lame excuses for not having a Photo ID.

We want more than just "Nearly everyone" to vote.

@Dan, poor college kids!
Smart enough to get into college but so dumb they can't understand absentee ballots. Can't figure out how to get an ID card? All smoke and mirrors and as you site the results reflect little difference in out come. I have an ID to cash a check to prevent fraud. Very simple!

Dan- to vote in NH you have to be a citizen of NH. Your argument that a college student spends 8-12 months in this state to get a college education, so they should have the right to vote in this state, implies the out of state student is now a citizen of NH.

Lets talk about UNH, then, by your argument, should that student be able to go to UNH and pay the in-state tuition rate?
How about Dartmouth, should the out of state student be able to vote on the local tax rate even though the university is tax exempt from any tax obligations?

How many jobs did enacting the original law create?
It should be noted, no funding was approved for this process, so the costs were downshifted to the towns and cities, and the workload was dumped on the Secretary of State's Office.
An unfunded mandate from our former legislature.

funny, the democrat controlled govt can find money to give themselves a raise but cant find the money to stop voter fraud

Said someone who has never been poor.

There is no voucher for the time off to go to town or city hall to get the voucher.
There is no voucher for the time off to go to the DMV to use the voucher for a free ID.
There is no voucher for transportation to town hall or DMV.
I see a pattern here.
The poor, the elderly who do not drive, and students who don't have a car in state are the targets of this law, and they are the ones whose means are the most limited.
If it weren't a Constitutionally protected right, I would love to do the blue eye/brown eye experiment at the polls.
What if we targeted people who look middle class? What if we targeted the people who have an ID?
Clerk- "Do you have an ID?"
Voter- "Of course, doesn't everybody?"
Clerk- "Great, please wait in that line for your form, then take it to that second line for your ballot, and then that third line is for the ID-only voters."
Voter- "Those are long lines, what are those booths with no lines for?"
Clerk- "People who don't have an ID"
Suddenly, it's not so hard for callous, thoughtless people to see how ID can be voter suppression.

the unemployed get a year of unemployment that should be plenty of time off to get an id

Its actually free Arturo, but we want more American's to vote, not less.

And you'll be sending a thank you note to the legislature when you get your property tax bill - with the increases related to paying for the ID's the extra help at the polls and all the training, right?

Is there a voucher for spending the day at the polls ? You can't do 10 minutes at the DMV, but you can occupy the polls for hours ? Is there a voucher for your time spent promoting the Brookline Dems ?

Mike, thankfully the polls are open later than the DMV so the average american can find their way to them. Not only are they open late, but how the city zones us makes them pretty much in walking distance to most of its citizens. Not to mention, there are always ways to get free rides. No voucher needed.

Mike Black-
Another one with reading comprehension problems. I do not need a voucher, I spent my own time at the polls. My comment on vouchers wasn't based on personal needs, it's something called empathy. I can understand how it would be a hardship for others.
I know it's hard for you to understand (I'm betting impossible), but my point about vouchers referred to the poor and working poor who have to watch every dollar, and who do not have the luxury of flexible working hours and being able to afford days off.
You seem to have a problem with me being a member of the Brookline Democrats. How that has anything to do with this subject, I don't know. But again, my ability to volunteer my time has nothing to do with asking the working poor, people without cars, the elderly and students to get an ID to vote.
It doesn't really matter how easy it is/isn't, it's the fact that they shouldn't have to.

Oh, and Mike Black- Since when has a trip to the DMV ever taken ten minutes?
If you can't be honest about the basic inconvenience and inefficiency of the DMV, how can anyone take anything you say seriously?
Especially when most towns in the state don't have a DMV, and many DMV's aren't even open all week or full days?
http://www.dmv.org/nh-new-hampshire/dmv-office-finder.php

Steve, Any fool can tell I have more than two dollars a year as I have internet connection and a computer. However, if you must know, I do remember a time where on average my grocery budget was twenty dollars for two weeks ... and quite a few times it was five dollars for two weeks. (to this day I cant stand top roman)

But don't worry about me now Steve, I fought hard and am now living my own version of the American Dream.

Please provide a link to this info

Jan, as you have written many times. Please research the information yourself, you will find that self education is more meaningfull.

jims a perfect example of a stupid anonymous poster who doesn't know the laws or how to read.

Just contact your state rep. We where more concerned about your thoughts than the vote.

Uh really? You just showed how little you know. I find it odd that your name is patriot... America is made up of it's people, ALL its people.. how patriotic can you be when you have such disdain for its poor.

1.
a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion.
2.
a person who regards himself or herself as a defender, especially of individual rights, against presumed interference by the federal government.

one person, one vote!
This insures the results are accurate.

lol, by your own definition 2.. you do not fall under its umbrella of what a patriot is... hilarious

Nikki, my vote is worth 1. You vote twice or once illegally you took my vote away. Voter fraud is illegal and accurate voter identification only strengthens a voters right. It appears that some would dilute the accuracy of a vote.
I have to go through a voter check list to get a ballot. Why not fight to get that removed as well? Why stop just one hindrance? Why not just let everyone vote for 2 weeks?
Other than having fun writing most of this dialog is garbage. You would never have a bank account that could be accessed without identification.

Some patriot.

Thanks susanthe, its not easy!

The funny thing is, statistically voter fraud happens more rampantly in absentee ballet... which people who tend to use absentee tend to vote republican... but we don't see stricter rules on that ... now do we? Republicans would be crying fowl up and down this country. Just ridiculous that the right to vote has become a party issue. Everyone should have the same, unhindered right to vote. We learned that growing up in school, funny how we forget when we draw battle lines.

Oh, and it's still hilarious you claim to be a patriot... ive seen a lot of fake names on this site, but yours sir.. is the fakest.

Oh Nikki that really hurt. And here I thought we where just getting close. ;+)

I bet it would be more insightful than standing at a polling station all day. @Keith, did you present the clerk with the facts or allow the misinformation to continue?

Patriot-
You show you ignorance again. As an observer at the polls, I was not allowed to speak to either the poll workers or people voting.
I was there to observe, not interfere. I leave that for the vigilantes from the right-wing folks like True the Vote.
I did report my observations to the moderator and to the observer from the Attorney General's Office.
Saying something to the clerks would've been interfering with voting, and it would have put the blame in the wrong place. The law is flawed, and the clerks were doing the best they could.

Clerk, moderator, polling supervisor, what ever!

Just republicans voted for this law? Charles!!!!!!

This past election was a trial run. You probably had to sign an affidavit. You will not get away with that next time. Presenting an ID is a hardship for many people (we already had discussions on this forum about people who were turned away across the country for not having the right ID).

Tell us what the poll workers did when you told them someone voted in your stead in this made up story?

And you, of course, complained to the poll workers, the moderator, the officer on duty at the polls, and called the Secretary of State and the State AG's office, AND your local newspaper, right?

Anecdotes are not fact.

Amen

Eleven REPUBLICAN states.
The GOP's Race to the Bottom continues!

Funny Stat. The "welfare" number includes anyone who receives any government benefit PLUS everyone who lives in that house.
And compares it to tax return received without counting everyone in those households.

You Rightwingers really hate math.

Seven of the eleven states voted for Obama in the last election.

I didn't know States could vote...

You're off topic, Mr. Conservative. The topic is not other states or the president. The topic is whether or not NH needs a voter ID law. Perhaps you could provide some proof of widespread voting fraud in our state?

What and unbelievable story......completely unbelievable.

Getting a photo ID is not difficult, nor costly. We don't need to coddle people and hold their hand to get them an ID. You want to vote, get an ID. It's really that simple. And don't give me the crap about it being so difficult for some people to get to the DMV. They manage quite well to get to the friggin' welfare office, CAP office and all the other freebie places.

We have already gone though all that effort PC, why would you want to duplicate it? You're just creating more government bureaucracy.

But New Hampshire allows everyone to vote.
If they don't have an I.D. they can sign an affidavit to get a real ballot that really counts. If we put a little more effort into that affidavit system we could be PROVIDING I.D. from the information provided by that voter on election day. New Hampshire's disenfranchised get to vote AND get an I.D. to boot. Win Win!

Love your math!

@susanthe, perfect! Validating your identity does not prevent you from voting. Validating your identification improves security and cuts back on fraud.
Glad you brought it up!

The constitution gives folks the right to guns but dosnt mentiuon regulation. See folks on both sides of the issue can pick and choose the constitution the way they want.

BTW , did ya get a real job yet or at pushing 60 yrs old are you still " almost homeless" and its still everyone fault but your own?

NH isn't a police state, Patriot. You're also avoiding my questions. Did you support the REAL ID law? Can you provide proof of voter fraud in NH?

Agree 100%. The liberals will not rest until everything is under law and regulations and then they will tell all those dumb ones that keep screaming " the gov needs to protect us" they got exactly what they wanted. We are out numbered by a majority of lazy, gimme gimme people that never had to do anything for themselves. The manipulation of the majority game was well played and they did not even realize it.

@Mehy, you said - "the liberals will not rest until everything is under law and regulations." Yet here you are arguing for a law that isn't necessary, since there is no voter fraud.

Irony: discuss.

In other words, you don't have a case for this, and you expect ME to do your research for you. Sorry, that's not the way it works. Also, I'm astounded that you don't remember REAL ID. You're not a very well informed patriot.

Still doing the diversionary tapdance, I see. Did you support the REAL ID Act was the question. It was a national ID card, and our information would have gone into a national database. Did you support that at the time? Would you support it now, if it came back?

Where, exactly, did I say that there was an interface between Real ID and NH Nanny voter ID law?

I believe you mean my concern is moot, and that I'm fighting the boogeyman.

I'm delighted that you finally admit you'd support a national database that we're all plugged into in the brave new feudalistic fascist society you patriots are in favor of.

There is no voter fraud in NH, and as such, it's an unnecessary law that is paid for on the town and county level.

Well put. We know it is only people that have something to hide and nothing better to do than to complain about something that makes no sense.

I agree. But that is not good enough for the liberals that try to push their dumb non thought through ideas onto the rest of the country.

Opening a bank account is not a right granted to us in the Constitution. Voting is. Try harder, Jeannine.

Somehow I knew the loonies would find a way to disenfranchise what anyone with a lick of sense posts here. In this day and age of rampant credit card and identity fraud, it is important that we verify identities - especially for something as important as voting.

[Art.] 2. [Natural Rights.] All men have certain natural, essential, and inherent rights - among which are, the enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing, and protecting, property;
@susanthe, keeping money secure in a bank is in the constitution.

@susanthe, can you explain the part of the constitution where it writes about the supreme court restoring the privilege to vote?
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No person shall have the right to vote under the constitution of this state who has been convicted of treason, bribery or any willful violation of the election laws of this state or of the United States; but the supreme court may, on notice to the attorney general, restore the privilege to vote to any person who may have forfeited it by conviction of such offenses. Art. 11

You're contradicting yourself rather painfully there, Mehy. You're miffed at Obama "taking Constitutional rights away from the people" but you're in favor of the same thing. Pot, kettle - meet Mr. Black.

@Mehy, why would you not think it is you constitutional right?

It is fine tuning a well honed machine!

We haven't had a school shooting problem in NH either. Perhaps you think we should just forget about added safety measures at our schools, eh? Furthermore, how do you know there is no voter fraud in NH? How do you know people haven't voted using names of dead people? How do you know I didn't vote in place of a friend who could care less about going to vote? The simple straightforward answer is, you don't. And if you don't, then you don't know if there's a voter fraud problem here or not. And we don'tt need "proof" of voter fraud to protect against it here in NH or anywhere else. Ever hear the saying "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"? There's a good reason that saying exists. Most of us understand why. Some of us.....well, let's just say some of us aren't the brightest bulbs in the chandelier.

--But yet some states write and pass laws making it mandatory to be insured in case you are involved in a motor vehicle accident that "might" happen when driving

Isnt that what just happened with a gun ban in the statehouse?

You can't refute my analogy, can you, PC? Maybe we should arrest you for murder, because you MIGHT kill someone. And then because you like "an ounce of prevention," while you're in prison, we'll amputate your legs. After all, you MIGHT have an industrial accident.

AMEN!! The reply to my question asking for proof that it doesn't exist was: I know that voter fraud doesn't exist because I live in NH. DUH! I am willing to bet that everyone posting here is living in NH. Lamest reply so far.

Yes, we remember the "liberty minded House." The same House that actually tried to repeal marriage equality. The House that gave us the bill to insert quotes from the Magna Carta in each new piece of legislation. To put up warning signs at the NH/MA border. The same House that cut spending on the state university system, and cut revenue sources, so that there is no money to fix all the stuff that needs fixing. NH has the 11th worst infrastructure in the nation. I guess John Galt will come by to fix everything, right?

The constant drone of FSP talking points is incredibly tedious. If you think that the way you write is going to attract folks to your position - you're in for some big disappointments.

If John Smith's name was checked off, why didn't he raise hell about it at the polls? There are no cases of this. The NH Secretary of State's office did a great deal of investigation.

You want to prove a negative. So, if we can't prove that fraud doesn't exist, why don't we just enact ALL of our legislation to reflect that kind of thinking. I can't PROVE you haven't stolen massive amounts of money from your employer, but let's be proactive and arrest you anyway, because you MIGHT do it.

Is there a voter ID law in your state, Jeannine?

You can't prove it doesn't exist so why are you continuing to pursue this. Why were you sitting in the hearings? Seems a bit of an excessive interest in this? The only people who oppose Voter ID are those who have nefarious purposes. There is no other reason to be opposed.

In other words, you're not a NH patriot. The Secretary of State's office has done many, many investigations.

School shooting have not occurred in NH. So using your flawed logic, we should not enact any proactive security measures at our schools - at least not until a few students get blown away.

Yeeep! And it did not slow the voter down or prevent Obama from winning!
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How long have you lived in the Granite State Oh susanthe? Only state for me, NH!

Funny how you picked on the shoe bomber but forgot why we took him so serious!

Because John Smith never intended to vote. He didnt raise a ruckus because he never knew someone else voted in his name.

1.) We know there in no voter fraud because it is investigated year after year with the same results.
2.) Checking I.D.s isn't bad as long as you still allow those who don't have I.D.s to vote. New Hampshire has allowed for this with an extremely reasonable system. I think the Lefts reaction is knee-jerk. Maybe even fearful that the reasonable I.D. law is merely a stepping stone to more draconian rules. Remember that the GOP tried to deny college students a vote in the last election.

Why is it neccessary, Jonathan? Think back and try to remember how suddenly voter fraud was a big issue all over the country. Not just in NH, but in about 30 states. Can it really be that all of a sudden everyone magically became aware of the potential for voter fraud?

OR, can it be that the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC - a group of corporations and mostly conservative legislators) wrote up model legislation (as indeed, they've done over 800 times) for these conservative legislators to bring back home to their states to pass. That's where the sudden interest in Voter ID came from - corporate overlords like the Koch brothers, who have a great interest in disenfranchising certain groups of voters (poor, elderly, minority, nonconservatives) in order to keep moving their agenda forward - a kind of neofeudal federalism.

Voter ID was not a NH bill. It was brought home to NH by members of ALEC as part of an outside agenda that has nothing to do with our state. The special interest groups did a fine job of barking hysteria in the NH media and on Foxaganda, the preferred "information" source of barking hysterics.

NH had a system that worked just fine. I'm opposed to unnecessary legislation, especially the sort that result in unfunded mandates. The voter ID bill was passed without a fiscal impact statement, and we still don't know what the costs will be to the cities and towns.

Susanthe: Why does it matter who is behind it what their goal is? It seems perfectly reasonable to check IDs when voting. If that "disenfranchises" a lot of people then I am still OK with it. Are there really that many undocumented people who want to vote but can't take the time to get a free ID card?

I don't know about the legal aspects to this particular law but at least now we know the cost and it doesn't seem like much. And once people get used to having an ID even that cost will go down.

The comparison to gun control is apt. It becomes such a political issue that meaningful discussion on reasonable steps get lost in the power struggle.

Do you support repealing voter ID which is current law?

Good one susanthe, elevating the dialog are you?

What did the AG's office tell you about voter fraud?

I consider myself to be a centrist, but logic forces me to vote for Democrats usually.

New Hampshire's Voter I.D. law is extremely functional, does not disenfranchise, and could be used to provide even more service to the community.

Every registered voter is allowed to vote in New Hampshire even without an I.D. Without an I.D., you simply sign an affidavit and soon will get your photo taken and you receive a real(not provisional) ballot which counts that day.

I would love to expand the verification process to include mailing those without I.D.'s a valid voter I.D. after they have confirmed their address. We have their photo, we confirmed their address, isn't providing them with a government issued Voter I.D. the next logical step?

Bill, independent and vote mostly republican. Do not care either way as I always drive with a license which I do to vote. I found no restriction in voting.
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If cost is an issue; what does it cost to investigate a complaint?
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If preparation is required to vote responsibly then be responsible and secure all the things you need.