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janet118 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 12:44 PM
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This law hasn't passed yet . . . what was this? Practice?


Even Before NH Voter ID Bill Becomes Law, Illegal Signs Appear At Polling Stations To Disenfranchise Voter

New Hampshire House Speaker Bill O’Brien (R) took to the House floor this morning to defend Senate Bill 129, which would require voters to show photo identification in order to vote. But even before the bill became law, a sign was hanging on the door of a polling station in O’Brien’s own district, demanding that voters show ID before they could vote. The progressive blog Blue Hampshire first reported the placement of the signs, which were hanging outside polling places for the special election to replace state Rep. Robert Mead (R):

Signs posted at the New Boston Elementary School, one of the five polling locations in the district, this morning read, “Per pending legislation you will be required to produce a photo ID in order to receive a ballot.” They were removed at the request of the New Hampshire Attorney General, but not before voters on their way into the polls turned saw them and turned around.

“Law abiding New Hampshire citizens were discouraged from voting this morning as a direct result of Speaker’s O’Brien terrible piece of legislation, SB129,” said Harrell Kirstein, press secretary for the New Hampshire Democratic Party. “Just moments before O’Brien defended this reckless bill in Concord, voters in his own district were walking away from the polls without having cast a vote.”
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Mopar151 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 11:01 AM
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1. Bully O'Brien at work
Anybody admitting who put up the signs? This is very disturbing....
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BroccoliTowel Donating Member (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-27-11 03:30 PM
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show my ID every time I vote? That'd be annoying
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