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🚨✉️ Click to send an email to the Senate Election Law Committee asking that they vote NO on SB 223: https://ujoin.co/campaigns/4053/actions/public?action_id=5930 🚨

The NH Senate Election Law Committee is scheduled to meet on Thursday, October 23rd at 1:30PM to discuss bills it re-referred this past spring.

This includes SB 223 (https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=591&inflect=2), which seeks to remove college and university identification cards from the list of valid photo identification for obtaining a ballot. It also directs the State College and University System and Community College System to provide in-state tuition to every student who registers to vote in New Hampshire.

Everyone who is 18, a U.S. citizen, and lives in New Hampshire has the right to vote, and they need to show proof of identity. If the law stops accepting certain forms of ID, like college student IDs, eligible voters could be turned away just because they don’t have the “right” document. By singling out college IDs, this bill makes it harder for students to vote. ❌

In addition, voting and the rules for getting in-state tuition are two entirely separate standards. The University system would have an “indeterminable decrease” in tuition because of this bill, according to the fiscal note.

If you prefer, you can also call. Feel free to use the email template linked above as a script! 📞

Chairman James Gray (R-Rochester): 603-271-4980
Vice Chairman Timothy Lang (R-Sanbornton): 603-271-2117
Sen. David Rochefort (R-Littleton): 603-271-8631
Sen. Pat Long (D-Manchester): 603-271-3045
Sen. Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (D-Portsmouth): 603-271-3207

The time to act is now, Open Democracy Teams!

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