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(This is way too good for the right-hand column, elwood. - promoted by Dean Barker)
This was triggered by a comment by Alex Gallichon in another diary, suggesting that county government is a significant part of New Hampshire's tax equity problem. That got me thinking.
Unlike Senate and Executive Council districts, our county boundaries do not change. Those lines have been in place for centuries. There is no chamber of representatives from different counties making statewide decisions, and therefore counties escape the Baker v Carr "one man, one vote" doctrine that would otherwise force them to be constructed with near-equal populations.
But it seems to me they still have a constitutional problem.
(ActBlue has been active in New Hampshire since last fall, and is a valuable resource for any candidates or, as this diary details, county parties looking for ways to do effective, efficient fundraising - promoted by Laura Clawson)
Since 2004, ActBlue has helped Democrats raise over $22 million in online contributions. We are a Political Action Committee, not a business, so our motivation is getting Democrats elected instead of padding profit margins. We know how much of a hassle accepting credit card donations on the Internet can be, and we want to help.
One of the areas that ActBlue can help in is with your local County Democratic Party. Click here to see those already set up in New Hampshire.
If your local county party or committee is in one of the 22 states where ActBlue is already active (minus some clean-elections states like Arizona), you can have all the ActBlue fundraising tools utilized by top tier House and Senate campaigns at the disposal of your county party. Several county parties are already using those tools to achieve success!
