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Originally Posted by Islander
...You need to reside for 10 days and come up with utility bills etc. to prove residency...
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I guess being the elected Ward Moderator for a number of years in one of this State's Cities doesn't qualify me to retort, but against better judgement here I go....
First, you need to carefully review RSA 654:28. There is
no ten day residency requirement, the ten days you refer to is the deadline supervisors of the checklist are required (on a Saturday ten days before the election) to pre-register voters for an election. At that session, or on the same day as the election, voters must identify themselves and prove some form of residency. If the potential voter identifies themself properly, but has no paper means of proving residency, they can sign a sworn affadavit (citizenship affadavit) provided by the Attorney General's Office in lieu of evidentiary material.
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Originally Posted by Islander
The 60 day limit to get an in state license is broken more that the speed limit on 93. That would mean most summer residents need a NH license even if they don't vote. And if you leave the state to winter in, say Florida, you should be getting a license there.
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No, no , no....a summer resident does not need to obtain NH licenses or registrations unless they intend to declare New Hampshire as their domicile, simple as that. And virtually all of our fine NH summer residents already know this. And going to the polls and voting in a New Hampshire election is prima facie evidence that the person(s) indeed intended this State to be their domicile. Really nothing hard to understand here....if it walks like a duck & quacks like a duck..well, you know the answer.
Thank you Don for letting me digress here, this will be my last post in this particular thread.
And Islander, if you would like to e-mail me off-line I will be more than happy to provide you with my credentials (no need in boring the long time readers here who already know me), which areas of New Hampshire State Statutes that your advice is in conflict with, and if you want to pay the postage I will even let you borrow my election bible....
the New Hampshire Election Procedure Manual: 2004-2005 as published by the Department of State, William M. Gardner Secretary of State.
By the way, my darling wife and long time suffering Supervisor of the Checklist (suffering, because she has to put up with me all day every election) has verified this post. And lord knows she can't be wrong!
Have a good evening, and thank you for being a resident of this beautiful State!
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