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One Judge Just Overruled New Hampshire's Elected Government — What Happens Next?

Updated: May 31

One Judge, One Gavel, and the Will of New Hampshire representatives and lawful voters overturned.


FROM WMUR:

"In an interview taped Friday morning for "CloseUp," Secretary of State David Scanlan said that while he disagrees with the order, the state will revert to its 2024 election laws for now.


What this means in the short term is that we will be conducting the registration process at state elections the way we have done in the past, which means a voter can come into the polling place and use an affidavit to prove certain qualifications," Scanlan said.


The Attorney General's Office said it plans to appeal the ruling."


New Hampshire's proof-of-citizenship law (HB 1596) was debated, voted on, and approved by hundreds of elected officials representing communities across the Granite State. It then received the governor's signature and became law. Yet a single unelected federal judge has now halted that law, overriding the work of an entire representative government.


This is about far more than voter registration. It is about who governs. Should public policy be decided by elected lawmakers accountable to voters, or by federal judges who never appear on a ballot and face no direct political consequences for their decisions?


Many Americans see this as part of a growing national pattern in which courts increasingly intervene in major policy questions that were already decided through the executive or legislative process. Whether the issue is elections, immigration, education, or public policy, critics argue that judges are exercising enormous power with little accountability.


If only citizens can legally vote, why is verifying citizenship considered controversial? Notice how these judges never seem to want to weigh in, but rather dismiss MOST issues set as precedent by the Legislature that are in actual contradiction to both the State and US constitutions and their Bill of Rights, (ie) property taxes)? These infringements are presented to the Court for a constitutional ruling by lawful citizens but get rejected for intervention. I would argue it is a bit hypocritical. What say you?


Common sense tells us, showing proof of eligibility is a common-sense safeguard that strengthens public confidence in elections and helps ensure that every lawful vote is protected.


The federal ruling is not merely a legal disagreement—it is a challenge to constitutional law itself. Citizens must make their voices heard through public debate, civic engagement, and the electoral process. Confidence in elections depends on clear rules, equal enforcement, and verification that voters meet the qualifications established by the rule of law, and NOT feelings.


Remember, NH taxpayers got crickets from the court when we ask about property taxes based on unrealized gains and an ASSUMED market value.   Rockingham Superior dismissed that question and is precisely why we are on appeal to the NH Supreme Court, asking them to send it back to Rock. Superior for an answer.


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