{"id":7728,"date":"2018-03-25T13:37:50","date_gmt":"2018-03-25T18:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/?p=7728"},"modified":"2018-03-25T13:40:15","modified_gmt":"2018-03-25T18:40:15","slug":"new-hampshires-super-enfranchised-voter-loophole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/2018\/03\/25\/new-hampshires-super-enfranchised-voter-loophole\/","title":{"rendered":"New Hampshire\u2019s \u201cSuper-enfranchised Voter\u201d Loophole"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Ed Naile<\/em><\/p>\n

In New Hampshire, our Secretary of State can not define a person\u2019s domicile or residence. It is a matter of \u201cintent\u201d he claims. Our courts are no different. The justices have determined, using some dictionary they have not made public, that anyone can have a voting domicile on NH – as long as it is in their mind. See: Guare v. NH.<\/p>\n

New Hampshire has set up a very elaborate system of same-day voting laws which allow anyone, without any identification, to vote in a NH General Election and simply disappear moments later. That vote is as \u201clegal\u201d as any other. It is known as a \u201csuper-enfranchised\u201d New Hampshire vote.
\nLook at RSA 654:12, which says in part:<\/p>\n

\u201cI hereby swear and affirm, under the penalties for voting fraud set forth below, that I am not in possession of some or all of the documents necessary to prove my identity, citizenship, and age and that I am the identical person whom I represent myself to be, that I am a duly qualified voter of this town (or ward), that I am a United States citizen, that I am at least 18 years of age as of this date or will be at the next election, and that to the best of my knowledge and belief the information above is true and correct.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Within minutes of voting, the New Hampshire vote is irretrievably cast \u2013 no questions asked \u2013 as per the New Hampshire Attorney General\u2019s Office annual memorandum to all election officials that absolutely no one is to be turned away who is attempting to register in NH.<\/p>\n

But take a look at how our members of the US Military vote. They supposedly have rules for deciding domicile and residency: Military Voting Guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cMembers of the Uniformed Services and Their Eligible Family Members”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“What is a voting residence and why is it important?<\/p>\n

Your voting residence is within your State of legal residence or domicile. It is the true, fixed address that you consider your permanent home and where you had a physical presence. Your State of legal residence is used for State income tax purposes and determines eligibility to vote for federal and State elections and qualification for in-state tuition rates.<\/p>\n

State of legal residence and voting residence is sometimes mistaken for home of record. While your voting residence may be the same as your home of record at the beginning of your military career, if you change your legal residence or domicile at any point you also need to update your voting residence.<\/p>\n

To claim a new legal residence or domicile, consult your legal counsel or military legal assistance office, as there may be other factors to consider, such as tax implications.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s nice of the Department of Defense, Voter Assistance Program, to go to all the trouble to detail how military members and their families can decide \u201cdomicile\u201d but if they want to vote in NH the information the DOD provides is moot. Anyone can register and vote in a NH General Election involving a Federal Office, so the story goes, because NH cannot legally determine anyone\u2019s domicile, residence, legal abode, home, habitation, nothing \u2013 because, well, just because. <\/p>\n

And it is all totally legal. If you have any questions just ask Secretary of State William Gardner or contact the NH AG\u2019s Elections Division.<\/p>\n

New Hampshire\u2019s lack of ability to run a clean election has national implications when it comes to Federal Office. Doesn\u2019t that make you proud?<\/p>\n

Maybe we should let the DOD in on NH\u2019s voter registration laws, so they can update their web site.<\/p>\n

Email: vote@fvap.gov
\nMedia Inquiries: media@fvap.gov
\nTelephone Toll-free: 1-800-438-VOTE (8683)
\nDSN: 425-1584
\nSupport Hours of Operation: 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM. ET, Monday-Friday excluding Federal Holidays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Ed Naile In New Hampshire, our Secretary of State can not define a person\u2019s domicile or residence. It is a matter of \u201cintent\u201d he claims. Our courts are no different. The justices have determined, using some dictionary they have not made public, that anyone can have a voting domicile on NH – as long […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles-us","category-vote-fraud"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7728"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7730,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7728\/revisions\/7730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}