New Hampshire Democrats push 2020 hopefuls on voting rights

By HUNTER WOODALL today

DOVER, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Democrats are looking for help from their party’s presidential candidates in overturning a law they claim will make it harder for some college students to vote.

At campaign events across the state, White House hopefuls are being pressed to speak out against the 2018 law. It subjects college students who come from other states to residency requirements such as getting a New Hampshire driver’s license if they study and vote in the state.

The law doesn’t take effect until July. But Democratic activists and voters are arguing this is a moment for presidential candidates to take a stand against GOP moves to weaken access to the ballot box in New Hampshire and elsewhere. President Donald Trump has popularized false claims about widespread voter fraud.

The issue needs to be talked about more, including on the 2020 debate stage, said Garrett Muscatel, a Dartmouth College student who won a state House seat in New Hampshire last fall.

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GOP state Sen. Regina Birdsell said in a statement that she is “disappointed that Jeanne Shaheen is using her time to push the false narrative that voter suppression is taking place in New Hampshire.” She defended the legislation as “an attempt to make our elections cleaner and fairer.”


Hey Regina can I call you Regina, maybe , just maybe Senator Shaheen has a point, and your party is basically a fascist party...........................why is that?