(New Hampshire Supreme) Court rejects GOP voter list claim against Dems

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Source: Concord Monitor

Justices find no cause to protest sale of data

The Supreme Court yesterday unanimously dismissed an attempt by the New Hampshire Republican Party to force Democrats to reimburse the state for money made from selling voter data. The GOP, the court ruled, suffered no harm and "lacks standing" to bring the case.

"So far as we can discern, the (Republican Party) argues that it has suffered injury because the (Democrats) made money by selling the lists and it did not, thereby placing it at a disadvantage," Justice Richard Galway wrote in a decision signed onto by the four other judges. He added: "Even presuming the (Democratic Party) was unjustly enriched, it was not at the expense of the (Republicans)."

The Republican Party appeal didn't have much in common with the original case, Libertarian Party vs. Secretary of State. That case successfully challenged a state law that allowed only the two major parties to purchase a detailed voter file from the state, with data including name, party registration history and age, for about $500. Previously, such data could only be collected on a town-by-town basis.
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Democratic Party Chairman Ray Buckley painted Republicans as the ones who were wasting taxpayer money.

"Not only did the Supreme Court rule that the GOP did not suffer any legal harm or disadvantage, but they also concluded that the Republican Party had no standing to bring the complaint forward," Buckley said in a statement. "This is yet another example of the New Hampshire Republican Party clogging the court system with frivolous and baseless complaints. While many New Hampshire residents continue to struggle in the current economic climate, the Republican Party has wasted taxpayer dollars on a non-issue."

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[ck4829]

1. Isn't the NH GOP the same one that was connected to that phone line jamming scandal in 2002?

They just keep showing how obnoxious they are, don't they?

[SpiralHawk]

2. Yuppers, the same pathetic corrupt republicon homelanders

as usual, the republicons are busy working against the interests of honesty, decency, and America.

[MaineDem]

3. What a silly lawsuit

It's not just the state data that the Dems have. There's a lot of added data that the state party (and the DNC) worked hard to gather. The GOP doesn't update their data like we do.

[gratuitous]

4. So will this be . . .

So will this be another of the dread faces of lawsuit abuse the national Chamber of Commerce is running all over the country? I'm guessing the answer will be "not bloody likely." Nor will we see Al Franken, victim of an attempted SLAPP lawsuit by Bill O'Reilly. I wonder why the Chamber of Commerce doesn't mention those "wholly without merit" lawsuits?

Now why would that be? Think, think.

[tomm2thumbs]

5. that must have cost the rep's some money in lawyer time

they could have spent it on nice presents. oh well.