Testimony Sent to House Election Law Committee. RE: HB40

http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/lsr_search/billText.aspx?id=39&type=4

I oppose HB40 as presented, specifically for the following two reasons:

1.  Eliminating the requirement of post-election registration inquiries by the Secretary of State opens up additional avenues of fraud in NH elections.

2.  The proposed amendments to defining "residents and inhabitants" are a direct infringement on the NH Constitution, Part 1, Article 11.  Any amendment to these terms and their definitions for the purposes of voting should be proposed as a constitutional amendment.  

Please kill this bill.

Thank you,

Regina Barnes