The New Hampshire House of Representatives will vote Thursday 6/1/17 on Senate Bill 3.
SB3 would require New Hampshire voters to be residents and provide documentation that they are.
Currently, 49 states and the District of Columbia require voters to be residents and provide proof of residency.
47 states and the District of Columbia also require residency for up to 30 days before being allowed to vote.
Because of the laxity of our laws, people can vote in New Hampshire who are not residents here.
“There is much discussion about whether voter fraud exists. When anyone can show up on Election Day, register using an out-of-state license, and provide no proof of living here, fraud is impossible to find”, said GST Chairman Ray Chadwick. “What most people consider fraudulent can be done legally under current law.”
Requiring voters to be residents where they vote is not novel or “unconstitutional”.
The Supreme Court stated in 1972 that:
“States have the power to require that voters be bona fide residents of the relevant political subdivision.”
In 2012 and 2014, 16,978 people registered to vote in New Hampshire using out of state ID.
In 2016, 6,540 people registered to vote here using out of state driver’s licenses.
“We live in a State that knowingly allows people from other states to vote in our elections, without checking their legitimacy, in quantities large enough to determine the winner of our elections. Some might legitimately describe that as widespread fraud”, said Chadwick
SB3 passed the House Election Law Committee and will be voted on by the New Hampshire House.
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