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Hassan and Bolduc spar over abortion
CNN, Dan MericaOctober 27, 2022

Democrat Sen. Maggie Hassan and Republican Don Bolduc on Thursday sparred over abortion during their second debate in the New Hampshire Senate race, with the retired Army brigadier general getting visibly worked up by the attacks being lobbed at him on the issue.

The debate was particularly testy – far more so than their first contest. Bolduc accused Hassan of “empowering” drug cartels and said the Democrat’s votes “have driven (inflation) and that is the problem we have.” Hassan responded by accusing Bolduc of “singing (big oil’s) song” and said the Republican’s views on abortion can “harm women and cost them their lives in some cases.”

The race in New Hampshire is a key contest for both parties. Hassan entered the year as one of the most vulnerable Senate incumbents in the country, hampered by antipathy for Democratic control in Washington. But Bolduc, despite winning the primary in September, was not the first choice among top Republican operatives, some of whom worry that his more far right views have imperiled the

NH State of the State Address
New Hampshire Bulletin, February 17, 2022
Bill to require civics test to graduate from public colleges heads to Sununu’s desk
New Hampshire Bulletin, Ethan DewittFebruary 4, 2022

The New Hampshire Senate gave final approval Thursday to a bill requiring students at public colleges and universities to pass a civics test in order to graduate, sending the measure to Gov. Chris Sununu’s desk.

But the vote came over the objections of Democrats, who said the test would be too onerous on students and universities to carry out.

House Bill 319 would require students attending New Hampshire-run colleges and universities to take the 128-question civics test necessary for non-U.S. citizens to become naturalized. The bill necessitates that students receive a 70 or higher on the test in order to graduate. Exchange students and foreign nationals would be exempt, the bill states.

Supporters say the bill, sponsored by Rep. Mike Moffett, a Loudon Republican, would help close existing knowledge gaps around how the U.S. government works.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s Republican-controlled Legislature is considering a preemptive strike against sweeping election and voter-access legislation being debated in Washington, D.C.

The House Election Law Committee heard testimony Wednesday on a bill amendment that would keep New Hampshire’s election system in place for state and county races if Congress enacts the “For the People Act.” The legislation, a top priority of Democrats after the divisive 2020 election, would touch nearly every aspect of the electoral process.

The proposal is aimed at curtailing the influence of big money in politics and removing hurdles to voting with changes, such as automatic voter registration and 24-hour ballot drop boxes. But opponents argue it includes provisions that New Hampshire lawmakers and courts already have rejected and would destroy a system that works well in the state.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The audit of a controversial legislative election in New Hampshire began Tuesday with the voting machines and boxes of ballots arriving at the site where they’ll be reviewed.

A team of three auditors has until May 27 by law to complete their work on 2020 election results from four state House seats in the town of Windham. The entire process at the Edward Cross Training Center in Pembroke is being livestreamed.

Though Republicans won all four seats, a recount requested by a losing Democratic candidate showed the Republicans had received hundreds more votes than were originally counted.

New Hampshire isn’t as purple as you think it is
New Hampshire Bulletin, Tracy Hahn-Burkett – OpinionMay 17, 2021

mention is the gravity with which people here consider their politics. “People in New Hampshire take their politics – and their votes – very seriously. They understand the impact. People like to look a presidential candidate in the eye and shake her hand a few times before they’ll vote for her.” More so than in other states I’ve lived, ordinary Granite Staters are willing to spend a significant portion of their time walking and talking politics.

This careful parsing of politics may be what has earned us the status of purple state – one where we vote neither overwhelmingly red (Republican) nor blue (Democrat), but a mixture of the two. At the moment, all of our elected federal officeholders are Democrats, while at the state level, Republicans dominate.

The result is a purple state, reflecting the apparent will of the people in the fall of 2020. So you could be forgiven if you expect that the legislation moving through the state Legislature this session also would be generally purple in nature: some conservative, some progressive, a lot centrist.

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