New Hampshire
The Right to Vote Under Attack, 2012 Update
Here we detail, as of October 6, 2012, except where otherwise noted, the latest efforts across the country to suppress the vote, as well as some encouraging successes in expanding the franchise.
UPDATE: State legislation shines national spotlight on voter ID
Tue, 09/04/2012 - 3:15pm — Jen
"On voting rights in America, the arc of the universe has indeed been long, centuries long, from the three-fifths compromise in the Constitution to the poll tax to the literacy test. But it has always bent toward justice. These new laws seek to bend the arc backward again, to take away from people their effective right to vote."
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Fighting the Right The Right to Vote C3 ALEC American Legislative Exchange Council NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Andrew Cohen Ari Berman Ben Jealous LBJ Lyndon Johnson martin luther king jr Alabama Michigan Minnesota New Hampshire Pennsylvania Texas Virginia Wisconsin 112th Congress Bloody Sunday Policy Corner public policy Selma voter ID voter suppression Voting Rights
UPDATE: Voting rights victory in New Hampshire
Tue, 07/17/2012 - 2:32pm — Amelia
SB 289 and SB 318 have been submitted for preclearance.
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UPDATE: Voting rights victory in New Hampshire
Tue, 07/03/2012 - 10:51am — Amelia
Governor John Lynch’s victory was short-lived, with the legislature overriding both vetoes.
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Voting rights victory in New Hampshire
Tue, 06/26/2012 - 4:23pm — Dylan
Two bills that would have upset a delicate voting rights balance have been vetoed by Governor Lynch.
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New Hampshire legislature embroiled in voting debate
Thu, 05/31/2012 - 3:35pm — Dylan
Disagreement over voter ID bill ends, but challenges remain over key elements of registration bill.
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UPDATE: LWV New Hampshire: We deserve honesty from House leaders
Tue, 04/17/2012 - 12:50pm — Jen
Voter ID and residency requirements have made their way through the Senate and are now before a House committee.
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The Right to Vote under Attack: Latest News from the States
Mon, 04/09/2012 - 5:51pm — Jen
Voting rights and voter suppression, especially voter ID, continue to make headlines in many states.
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Fighting the Right The Right to Vote C3 ACLU ALEC American Civil Liberties Union American Legislative Exchange Council Appleseed Common Cause Department of Justice DOJ League of Women Voters LWV Nebraskans for Civic Reform Alan Clemmons Bev Perdue Charlie Janssen Daryl Metcalfe David Lewis Dennis Baxley John Kasich Kenneth Summers Mark Ritchie Mary Kiffmeyer Mike Dean Pat Joyce Ric Killian Robert Mecklenborg Shane Schoeller Sharon Carson Tim Moore Tom Corbett William Coley Colorado Florida Minnesota Missouri Nebraska New Hampshire North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania South Carolina Wisconsin 112th Congress citizenship early voting Policy Corner public policy Student Voting veto garage voter ID Voter Registration voter suppression Voting Rights
State legislation shines national spotlight on voter ID
Tue, 03/13/2012 - 3:40pm — Jen
"We need people to understand that not only is history not very distant, but we stand on the precipice of repeating it."
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LWV New Hampshire: We deserve honesty from House leaders
Wed, 03/07/2012 - 5:56pm — Jen
When New Hampshire House leaders chose politics over facts in the voter ID debate, the New Hampshire League of Women Voters called them on it: “We deserve honesty from House leaders.”
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Groups Deliver Over 100,000 Petitions to NH Attorney General Urging Him to Investigate O’Keefe and Enforce Voter Fraud Laws
PFAW, Daily Kos and Granite State Progress delivered over 100,000 petitions to the NH Attorney General urging him to investigate James O’Keefe and enforce voter fraud laws
Press Conference and Petition Drop: Tell the New Hampshire Attorney General to Investigate James O'Keefe
On Thursday, February 2nd, a coalition of groups including People For the American Way, Daily Kos and Granite State Progress will deliver over 100,000 petitions to New Hampshire Attorney General Michael A. Delaney, calling on him to conduct a full investigation of the alleged voter fraud conducted by activist James O’Keefe.
Mitt Romney: Man of the Corporations
New PFAW Ad in New Hampshire Asks, 'Mitt Romney: Man of the People?'
People For the American Way today released a new TV ad in New Hampshire, challenging presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s recent assertion that “corporations are people.
Attend a Rally to Save the American Dream this Saturday!
Events have been organized in cities and state capitols across the nation to show solidarity with workers in Wisconsin. Find the event or events nearest you.
Health Care Reform Repeal: Bought and Paid for by Citizens United
Alarming new research by PFAW shows that empowered by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, corporate-backed groups intent on the repeal of the health care reform law spent an enormous amount of money to help defeat vulnerable supporters of reform and elect candidates who vowed to repeal it.
Foreign Funded Chamber of Commerce Pours Money into U.S. Elections
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which is spending millions of dollars supporting the GOP in the 2010 Elections, collects hundreds of thousands of dollars from foreign owned businesses.
“Rogues’ Gallery” Report Profiles Far-Right Senate Candidates
People For the American Way today released “The Rogues’ Gallery,” profiling 15 far-right Republican nominees for Congress. The report makes clear that the Republican slate of nominees is everything the Tea Party or the Religious Right could want.
The Rogues' Gallery
In our latest report, PFAW takes an in-depth look at 15 of the far right's most extreme candidates for Senate, and it isn't pretty.
Ads: Senators Who Put George W. Bush -- Not Their Constituents -- First
As part of People For the American Way's Save the Court campaign, we're running ads in key states targeting senators who voted against their constituents' interests by supporting George W. Bush's extreme judicial nominees. The ads below call out senators who sided with Bush when it came to judicial nominees whose decisions had very real — and negative — impacts on families in their state.
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