You Have The Right To Vote

by: Kathy Sullivan 2

Mon Oct 25, 2010 at 16:49:05 PM EDT
(This is great. I love the pro-active approach to combating voting day shenanigans. - promoted by Dean Barker)

As part of the election day effort, the Democratic Party once again is mobilizing to prevent any effort to intimidate voters here in New Hampshire:

Concord - New Hampshire Democratic Party chairman Raymond Buckley announced today that the Democratic Party and 100 New Hampshire attorneys have joined together in an effort called "You Have The Right To Vote", in order to protect the rights of all eligible Granite State voters to cast ballots on November 2.

"Every 2 years we have seen efforts by Republicans to interfere with the right to vote, and this year is no exception," said Buckley. "There are reports from Texas and Illinois of attempts to discourage or stop people from voting. We will not let that happen in New Hampshire."

The rest of the release is after the jump. A good number of the attorneys involved in this project have been doing this for several election cycles, and are volunteering to take Tuesday off to assist. While hopefully there will not be any problems, an ounce of prevention and all that. Republicans are obsessed with two notions when it comes to voting: that there is voter fraud, and that college students should not be allowed to vote where they attend school. The New Hampshire Attorney General found no evidence of voter fraud in 2006 or 2008, but sadly the NHGOP and some of its adherents have a hard time accepting that Democrats actually won in 2006 and 2008 because the voters wanted to elect Democrats.  
They also don't like the idea that college students are  adults with the constitutional right to choose their voting residences like other adults who might have multiple residences - like, for example, John E. Sununu, who had residences in both the DC area and NH while in the senate, or like Judd Gregg, who also has a place in the DC area as well as NH. I guess its okay if you are a Republican and have two homes, but not if you are a student who might be more likely to vote Democratic. In any event, Democratic representatives will be on hand if any Republican "observers" try to interfere with the registration or voting process.

Chaired by attorneys Paul Twomey, Martin Honigberg and Gray Chynoweth, "You Have The Right To Vote" will assign attorneys trained in both state and federal election law to precincts where  Republicans have attempted to create mischief in the past, such as college towns, areas with large numbers of same day registrants, and wards with high concentrations of minority voters.

A special litigation team will be available to obtain injunctive relief in the event of any effort to deprive voters of their constitutional right to reach the polls and vote. In addition, specialized mobile legal teams will be on call to provide a rapid response to any problem areas.

"Ever since the Republicans jammed our phone lines in 2002, we have been prepared every election for their efforts to prevent New Hampshire voters from voting. We are more determined than ever to make sure this is a free and fair election," added Buckley.
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