Thank YOU to all who emailed your State Reps and asked them to vote in favor of reconsideration for HB 154, and thank YOU Nikki McCarter nikki.mccarter@leg.state.nh.us for all of your efforts, and for upholding your oath of office and standing up for we the people!
What you can do in response to this unfavorable outcome…
File a formal complaint against Senator Jim Gray James.Gray@leg.state.nh.us and House Rep. Ross Berry Ross@berryfornh.com.
If you feel like this bill which was initiated as a non-germane amendment and was obscured from the public and/or certain members of the legislature were less than ethical in the manner they conducted themselves, you can file a formal complaint. Here are the directions. https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/ethics/complaints/file_complaint.aspx
The link below will tell you who voted Yes for the reconsideration of HB 154 and who voted No. If your state rep voted, some were absent, please thank them for voting Yes and ask them why they voted No, if that is how they voted. See the excerpt from our NH Constitution below. According to Part 1 Art. 8, our elected officials have a duty and responsibility to respond to our requests in a timely manner. You can also email reps that are not reps of your town or city. All are accountable to us.
https://gencourt.org/vote/279/
Link to the NH Constitution: https://www.nh.gov/glance/constitution.htm
Our elected officials swore an oath to our NH Constitution and they have a duty to uphold it.
[Art.] 8. [Accountability of Magistrates and Officers; Public’s Right to Know.] All power residing originally in, and being derived from, the people, all the magistrates and officers of government are their substitutes and agents, and at all times accountable to them. Government, therefore, should be open, accessible, accountable and responsive. To that end, the public’s right of access to governmental proceedings and records shall not be unreasonably restricted. The public also has a right to an orderly, lawful, and accountable government. Therefore, any individual taxpayer eligible to vote in the State, shall have standing to petition the Superior Court to declare whether the State or political subdivision in which the taxpayer resides has spent, or has approved spending, public funds in violation of a law, ordinance, or constitutional provision. In such a case, the taxpayer shall not have to demonstrate that his or her personal rights were impaired or prejudiced beyond his or her status as a taxpayer. However, this right shall not apply when the challenged governmental action is the subject of a judicial or administrative decision from which there is a right of appeal by statute or otherwise by the parties to that proceeding.
June 2, 1784
Amended 1976 by providing right of access to governmental proceedings and records.
Amended 2018 by providing that taxpayers have standing to bring actions against the government
Support the 24 towns who got 25+ signatures to add warrant articles to their ballots to remove machines in their town elections on 3/12, 3/13, 3/16, 3/21 . They need help getting out the word for people to vote out the machines on election day! You can cold call, knock on doors, donate, educate other town voters, hold signs & get out the vote & pray! Please email action4nh@gmail.com for more information.
