Judge bars New Hampshire proof of residency requirement for new voters

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This ruling will die once its heard at the Supreme Court, but that’s hardly the point. The temporary injunction against the Republican-backed law comes two weeks before U.S. Congressional elections that will determine whether opposition Democrats or U.S. President Donald Trump’s Republicans retain full control of the federal government’s legislative branch.

The idea that proof of residency because saying it would lengthen lines at polling places is ludicrous.

Judge bars New Hampshire proof of residency requirement for new voters

By Sharon Bernstein, Reuters, October 23, 2018:

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(Reuters) – A New Hampshire judge on Monday put on hold a law requiring some voters to present proof of residency when they register, saying it would lengthen lines at polling places and make it difficult for students, disabled voters and others to cast ballots.

The temporary injunction against the Republican-backed law comes two weeks before U.S. Congressional elections that will determine whether opposition Democrats or U.S. President Donald Trump’s Republicans retain full control of the federal government’s legislative branch.

The measure, which passed largely along party lines and went into effect last year, required those seeking to register within 30 days of an election to present documents proving that they live in the area where they intend to vote. Without such proof, they must agree to either send it in within 10 days or the state will seek to verify their domicile.

The law does not require proof of address when voting.

“Where the law threatens to disenfranchise an individual’s right to vote, the only viable remedy is to enjoin its enforcement,” Presiding Justice Kenneth C. Brown wrote in his decision for the Hillsborough Superior Court Northern District in Manchester.

He added that the registration form is too complicated for many people to understand.

The legislation is the subject of a lawsuit filed by League of Women Voters of New Hampshire and other groups, who said it would disenfranchise numerous groups including students, the disabled and homeless voters. The measure will be put on hold while the merits of the case are decided.

New Hampshire Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter, a Democrat, welcomed the ruling.

“This law undermines our state’s reputation for holding free and fair elections, and it hurts our democracy,” she said in a statement.

New Hampshire Associate Attorney General Anne Edwards said through a spokeswoman on Monday that the state was reviewing the court order and would soon communicate its next steps. She did not say whether that would include appealing the injunction.

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Suresh
Suresh
5 years ago

Unless these Left/Liberal loony judges are not purged they’ll continue to subvert America

And the first Muslim democrat president imported 200,000 yearly legal and illegal muslims and
deported christians back to ISIS to be slaughtered after they tried to make it to America http://tinyurl.com/mtc3xch

And those who dared to help were threatened to shut up and MSM would not cover it !

santashandler
santashandler
5 years ago

“He added that the registration form is too complicated for many people to understand.” Yes, perhaps that same standard could be applied to other government bureaucratic matters. Such as, filing for a a passport. It’s just “too complicated” so perhaps they can be done away with. It could be applied to many, many gov processes. That judge is on to something. Everything is, just “too complicated.”

SuperBoppy
SuperBoppy
5 years ago
Reply to  santashandler

Exactly.

Zola Holt
Zola Holt
5 years ago
Reply to  santashandler

If Voter Reg form is ‘too complicated’, what about U.S. Tax Code? Don’t have to pay taxes now?

santashandler
santashandler
5 years ago
Reply to  Zola Holt

Yes. Good idea. It’s just much too much to handle. If it’s too complex, it’s got to go…..

Goldbug
Goldbug
5 years ago
Reply to  santashandler

The ideology behind these activist judges is that Western culture is too complex, and it all has to go.

Gunther Schweitzer
Gunther Schweitzer
5 years ago
Reply to  santashandler

maybe it’s too complicated for the judge….do judges get to rule on that or simply whether or not it complies with laws?

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
5 years ago

Hahahaha…..that is funny and true :0)

Michael Garfinkel
Michael Garfinkel
5 years ago
Reply to  santashandler

New Hampshire Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter, a Democrat, welcomed the ruling – of course.

And why not?

Without the core Democrat constituency of the young, the ignorant, the homeless, the mentally ill, and resentful single women and minorities – groups not widely known for conducting their lives in a disciplined fashion – the Democrats would go the way of the Whig party, faster than you can say “voter-ID please.”

Dan Knight
Dan Knight
5 years ago

… and the dead. They don’t want to be left out.

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
5 years ago
Reply to  santashandler

…so like GW Bush who put in place “no child left behind” that dumbed down our education system to the point we are “17th” on the planet in education. …..the Judge wants us to “dumb down” the Census and Voting system?
Sure….most libtard Judges want us to accommodate all the “refugees (invaders) and the illegals who are uneducated…and let them take over America……Socialism and Communism thrives in ignorance.

santashandler
santashandler
5 years ago
Reply to  ladywarrior

Exactly. Which explains why the gov is now so marijuana friendly in many states. Get people high, numb, not thinking. They’ll go along with anything the gov wants to do.

Mohammed_Goldberg
Mohammed_Goldberg
5 years ago

Just another judicial ruling to enable voter fraud .

knightsstrength
knightsstrength
5 years ago

Proof should be enforced to vote and it should be for all those registered in each area.

Got no idea of how many may also be registered in more than one state

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
5 years ago

I am registered in AZ, but am in Vegas for a two year project…..I vote absentee in AZ, but even though I can vote in local/state elections in Vegas (not Federal if I vote in AZ) I do not register because they are like the gestapo forcing you to sit on juries…. and you become a big target for aggressive Leftist crapola in the now Libtard Las Vegas…..it didn’t used to be that way when I lived here for 13 years 7 years ago. I moved back a year ago and I’ve seen enough now that I’m anxious to get back to AZ as soon as possible.

P.S. They have a huge illegal population….that’s how Killary “won” here…..

santashandler
santashandler
5 years ago
Reply to  ladywarrior

The Vegas Sheriff is certainly corrupt. One look at their handling of the Vegas hotel shooting, is all you need to know how bad it is

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
5 years ago
Reply to  santashandler

…I was here then and he started out being very open about everything…..then the FBI sent in “handlers” and shut him up. If you know what I mean….

santashandler
santashandler
5 years ago
Reply to  ladywarrior

Yep….

knightsstrength
knightsstrength
5 years ago
Reply to  ladywarrior

Las Vegas has never been a good place when you learn history of with how the Hoover Dam built and the corruption in how workers and families treated

You will always appreciate AZ been your home.from what you say about Las Vegas.

.I do not think one should be made to register to vote for any state if not permanent home of less than five years

GonadTheRuffian
GonadTheRuffian
5 years ago

If this cannot be reversed before the election the results in NH should be discarded and another state vote taken under the proper, fair,legal rules.

rockyndallas
rockyndallas
5 years ago

These rulings should nullify the state’s election.

Sgtsnuffy
Sgtsnuffy
5 years ago

FIRE THE JUDGE AND DISBAR EM IF HE’S A LAWYER.

grassy knoll  ✓ᴰᵉᵖˡᵒʳᵃᵇˡᵉ
grassy knoll ✓ᴰᵉᵖˡᵒʳᵃᵇˡᵉ
5 years ago
Reply to  Sgtsnuffy

Fuuck that, put a noose around his neck, or drag him behind a truck. This is treason.

Jim_AZ
Jim_AZ
5 years ago

If an effing registration form is to complicated to understand, for someone, then they should probably Not vote.
How do we extend the vote to the comatose?
About all states prohibit voting by the inebriated–They have rights, too!
–And, as recent news reveals, The DNC will be happy to fill out those Tough parts of registration forms, for you.

TOM
TOM
5 years ago

I reckon the constitution an the law is to hard for this moron judge to understand its time to impeach him for low L/Q

D8532110
D8532110
5 years ago
Reply to  TOM

“low L/Q”, eh?

What is “L/Q”?

Pathfinder0100
Pathfinder0100
5 years ago
Reply to  D8532110

AWWwww come on! We all get grimlems in the keyboard sometimes!!

Pathfinder0100
Pathfinder0100
5 years ago
Reply to  Pathfinder0100

Dad-blame it!! One just got in mine!!

Blackie The Kat
Blackie The Kat
5 years ago

“He added that the registration form is too complicated for many people to understand.”

Telling your constituents that they are to stupid to fill out A voter registration form? How condescending of them!……………Vote! nov. 6 / Dems. vote nov. 7 ; ).

Dan T
Dan T
5 years ago

How do homeless people have a right to vote when they have no residency? Sounds like a loophole to me. Oh I’m homeless so let me vote repeatedly. Duh.

Win Woon Soon
Win Woon Soon
5 years ago

If they have residency requirements, how are democrats going to bus in thousands from Massachusetts o steal New Hampshire elections?

Freeland_Dave
Freeland_Dave
5 years ago

So lets just flood their polls and change their laws. They can’t ask for residency so what is to stop us?

Rocinante44
Rocinante44
5 years ago

the state legislature of NH should ignore this ruling and this judge and order the election officials to do as they say. there is nothing in the state or federal constitution that gives one judge this power. tell him to go stuff himself

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
5 years ago
Reply to  Rocinante44

Reminds me of the Hawaii Judge who told Trump he could not ban specific people from specific countries to enter here…..

He was summarily overturned by SCOTUS…..and so will this judge…but the game by Soros and the Left is to keep tying people up in Court…running out clocks…..and marching 14, 000 more uneducated people to our border and welcome them in to change our elections for decades…..if not forever.

Tilt
Tilt
5 years ago

A large number of US Judges are actually nothing more then ultra partisan, deep state (salary payed for by the US tax payer) players doing the radical bidding for the the Demon-Rat-ic party, as they facilitate large scale election fraud
with totally BS excuses

These kangaroo “judges” which sit firmly in the pocket of the Demon-Rat party, are corrupt to their bone marrow, a nauseating sight to see, but hardly surprising

The only way to cure the US from this life threatening Demon-Rat-ic cancer, is by drowning it with a brutal, annihilating, RED Tsunami!!!

rockyndallas
rockyndallas
5 years ago
Reply to  Tilt

Exactly! The judge has no power to enforce this ruling. Ignore it and carry on until this can be sorted out by a higher court.

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
5 years ago
Reply to  Tilt

…I’m IN! Already mailed my absentee ballot…..and it is straight up and down RED!!!

BilboQBaggins
BilboQBaggins
5 years ago

The NH legislature should immediately start impeachment proceedings against this pos commie judge for tampering with an election.

BilboQBaggins
BilboQBaggins
5 years ago

The NH legislature should immediately start impeachment proceedings against this pos commie judge for tampering with an election.

Randy H Eldredge
Randy H Eldredge
5 years ago

Perversion of States voting requirements by Federal Judges is a current tactic of the DemonicRat clown circus. The judges make B.S. rulings to alter elections, knowing full well there will be no ill consequences for them when a higher court calls foul! Meantime another election has been tainted by liberal perversion!

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
5 years ago

Some Judges in some states are subject to recall….if they are voted in…..some states you have to get them out by going to their Judicial Commission, hold hearings, etc until they put them out…don’t know what it is in NH…..but those folks need to get busy and putting that enemy of the people out….

Jan Favre
Jan Favre
5 years ago

Another proof, Leftist Judges are traitors of the nation.

Poppey
Poppey
5 years ago

Or as they used to say in Ulster, vote early, vote often.

As we suspect, the Dems are following here the UN open borders agenda, anyone has a right to vote if he can swim, crawl under a fence or drop from a truck into any western country he can reach, no questions asked.

Vote and sign on, your/ someone elses cash awaits you.

Bob Blackthorne
Bob Blackthorne
5 years ago
Reply to  Poppey

“….vote early, vote often.”

Actually, that phrase originated in Chicago back in the 1960’s!

Pete Bauman
Pete Bauman
5 years ago

Allowing fake votes disenfranchises real voters. Judge ruled in favor of fakes. Judge needs his head examined. Crazy, stupid or just corrupt.

1984  George Orwellesque
1984 George Orwellesque
5 years ago

Vote Nov. 6th. Battle FakeBook, Twitter, Google and Hollywood, DOJ/ FBI with your vote.

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago

The FRAUD for the midterms will be like nothing we have ever seen before….

Alleged-Comment
Alleged-Comment
5 years ago

New Hampshire DERANGED!

iprazhm
iprazhm
5 years ago

Why do we tolerate these anti-American leftist activist judges? We don’t have to, yet we do.

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
5 years ago
Reply to  iprazhm

….because it is easy for the Libtards to get them in…..but a long, tedious, expensive process to get them out….

iprazhm
iprazhm
5 years ago
Reply to  ladywarrior

Not really. Some can be voted out by the people, who historically don’t vote against judges in state elections because they are considered nonpartisan so it’s difficult to find out their party affiliation and researching their opinions over the years is long and tedious.
According to the constitution if judges display ”Bad Behavior” they can be fired. They do not have to be charged with treason or any other high crime.
People forget that even the supreme court of the U.S. have no more power than the other two branches of gov, and according to official writings of our founders, it was crucial that it have the least amount of power, because it is the most dangerous if becoming corrupt.
I imagine different states have different processes for getting rid of bad judges but whatever the amount of trouble to do, it is well worth the effort.

phicrappazappa
phicrappazappa
5 years ago

All I could find is that this is yet another Democrat Gov. appointed assclown in a Halloween robe, intent upon making America Socialist.

dhd123
dhd123
5 years ago

We will keep getting these biased decisions because there is no way that these judges can get dinged for making blatantly unconstitutional rulings that will no doubt be overturned by SCOTUS.

disqus_dRGrKClqBz
disqus_dRGrKClqBz
5 years ago

“This law undermines our state’s reputation for holding free and fair elections, and it hurts our democracy,” she said in a statement.”

No, it very clearly does the opposite of what you stated here.

BlackMarket Lightbulbs
BlackMarket Lightbulbs
5 years ago

SEE: MIKE GILL ON YOUTUBE ‘STATE OF CORRUPTION’ FOR INFO ON THE CORRUPT JUDGES IN NH.

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
5 years ago

As a nation…in all future elections…any state , county of that state, that does not require ID of who exactly is voting in our country….we should be able to throw out all votes that are not certified done by USA citizen….
If that had been in place in the 2016 elections…a handful of states where they have found 2 million illegal votes so far ….would have been thrown out and President Trump’s victory would have been HUGE…and they could no longer say that Killary won the popular vote….
Thank God and our Founders for the Electoral College!

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
5 years ago

…explains how they claim she won the “popular” vote…..and coincidentally….that is the exact number they claimed she won by….

Gene Kinney
Gene Kinney
5 years ago

Democrats always use the word “Democracy”…which means ” Mob rule”…..we are a Constitutional Republic!…The Judge should be hanged by the neck!

VTS
VTS
5 years ago
Reply to  Gene Kinney

Cheating left wing judges.

YancyHomes1
YancyHomes1
5 years ago

The DOJ must act quickly to get a stay from an appellate court of the Supreme Court. It is obvious that the Dems are using liberal judges to rig elections wherever possible.

CharlieSeattle
CharlieSeattle
5 years ago

Impeach the leftist Associate Attorney General Anne Edwards!

Dan Knight
Dan Knight
5 years ago

Another anti-Rule of Law Leftist Judge pulling a ruling out of his rectum for a partisan political purpose?

Tell me it isn’t so…

VTS
VTS
5 years ago
Reply to  Dan Knight

This proves that Left cheats and is anti-democratic.

VTS
VTS
5 years ago

Sounds like a good idea for Project Veritas.

VTS
VTS
5 years ago

Democrats want all electorate to be NPCs.

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grassy knoll ✓ᴰᵉᵖˡᵒʳᵃᵇˡᵉ
5 years ago

Hopefully one of his illegal alien voters will behead the Democratic scumbag judge.
He deserves it.

WM1
WM1
5 years ago

Leftists know, exactly, what they’re doing. We are witnessing the slow death of a once-great Constitutional Republic.

Pathfinder0100
Pathfinder0100
5 years ago

Another liberal judge sellin’ out his or her Country!! Not much ‘love of Country” left in the Liberals, is there??

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