Bragdon's Blasphemy

by: JonnyBBad

Sun Oct 02, 2011 at 07:47:26 AM EDT

In District-16 our Republican Senator David Boutin voted against the RTW bill and voted to uphold the Governor's veto. He also saw the light on Voter I.D. as initially construed. The Presdient of the Senate also understands the Constitution is the law, not Bully O.
Can you imagine that its "worth it to do it it right", "to become more educated on issues" over time?? Man oh man, that will start some dumb tongues wagging!
Senator Bragdon I hope you exercise the right to be become informed on issues every day. Its a good habit, when the Mad Hatter's House is in session.

http://www.unionleader.com/art... With the flood of bills that come through in a few months time, Boutin said, "we don't always get it right the first time, but we got it right by saying we'll continue to work on it."

Bragdon, too, waved off Bates' criticism.

"I reserve the right to become more educated on issues as time goes by. I think it's worth it to do it right," he said.

Master Bates never knew or cared apparently, until he received Asst.AG Mavrageorge's letter explaining why the NH Constitution does not allow for  provisional ballots.

The Court said nearly 140 years ago that Part 2, Art. 32 is meant to allow detection of any error and "correction of it immediately, when it can most easily be corrected." Mavrageorge said, "unlike other states that allow voters to be counted after Election Day, the New Hampshire Constitution requires that the moderator declare the results on Election Day."

Senate Bill 129 easily passed the Senate as a voter ID bill, but without a provisional ballot clause. That was the House's idea, and after it passed there, the Senate went along, 14-9. But the Senate defeated a veto override attempt last month, 17-7.

City and town clerks told senators over the summer that they hated the bill, saying it was a threat to orderly voting and a bureaucratic pain in the neck that begged for errors and court challenges.

House Election Law chairman Rep. David Bates said Mavrageorge's letter was the first he'd heard of constitutional problems with the bill.

"Nobody ever raised the issue," he said.