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Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook. This week we're talking Presidential Politics in NH , the Upcoming Republican Convention, The Governor's Race -- Charter Schools. and more. On our panel this week: James Pindell of PoliticsNH.com and Colin Manning of the Fosters Daily Democrat in Concord. Here in Durham are Mike Pomp, News Director at WTSN AM 1270 -- and host of the "Open Mike" talk show, and Edith Tucker of the Coos County Democrat. |
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We begin with Presidential Politics. NH continues to be courted by both democratic and republican candidates. Last week John Kerry paid a visit to NH and on Monday George Bush will make a swing through the Granite State. The Nashua event is expected to be an "Ask the President" town hall style meeting where undecided voters are expected to make up the crowd. Q JAMES: It's Mr Bush's 2nd NH visit this month -- how's he doing in the POLLS? Keep hearing neck & neck. Q In 2000, Nashua overwhelmingly voted for Gore. It is widely thought that for Kerry to win New Hampshire he will need a large turnout in Nashua. Q MIKE: Last week you mentioned that Kerry's event was aimed at UNDECIDEDS --but, that the crowd was decidedly pro-Kerry. Expect SAME for the Bush event MOnday?? Q EDITH: Some good & bad news from New census figures. While NH has the LOWEST level of people living in POVERTY and HIGHEST median income -- when it comes HEALTH CARE only the state of Minnesota has more people UN-INSURED. Health Insurance has got to be a MAJOR issue for NH voters -- that may come up during The Bush visit. Q COLIN; JAMES: MA Governor Mitt Romney will be with Pres Bush next week -- is that to "tweak" John Kerry --using his homestate's governor on the campaign trail? Also, the party platform now includes opposition to any legal recognition of gay unions, including shared employee benefits. This goes far beyond the Republicans' call for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. GOP Platform includes constitutional amendment for Other Republicans traveling with the president include former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Arizona Senator John McCain. Georgia Senator Zell Miller, a Democrat who backs Bush, also will be on the campaign circuit. |
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The daughters of John Kerry and John Edwards were in New Hampshire Thursday. They criss-crossed the state to announce the formation of a new organization: Women for Kerry-Edwards. At one event in Exeter, Cate Edwards told the crowd that women could decide this election. But -- first they have to vote. Q: MIKE: I understand you had Cate Edwards on your program Thursday. What did you think? Q JAMES: We keep hearing about Bush's strength among MEN and Kerry's strength with WOMEN. It would appear there is a GENDER GAP of sorts for the presidential race in New Hampshire? UNH Poll shows Kerry with a 56 to 38 percentage point lead among Granite State women. July poll showed Kerry with a 50-45 point lead among both men and women. Q EDITH: When it comes to CANDIDATES kids -- The spotlight is often more about SHOW than substance. Magazines like VOGUE have made much about the "BABE battle" shaping up between the Kerry kids & the Bush twins. How effective are these campaign visits? How difficult to mobilize WOMEN's vote? |
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NO let up in the Swift Boat Controversy. The $50,000 ad that has taken the campaign by storm. This week, the lawyer who advised "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" resigned from President Bush's campaign saying he'd become a "distraction". And a Kerry advisor was linked to anti-Bush Ads. Neither campaign has produced proof of coordination on the part of its rival. Q JAMES/MIKE: Are these attack ads having an IMPACT? Is Kerry getting any POLITICAL MILEAGE out of this controversy? |
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The Repulican Convention kicks off Monday at Madison Square Garden which is being transformed as we speak. The main stage is being made smaller and more intimate. Not much talk about SECURITY measures only that police have a comprehensive program to ensure a safe and orderly convention. An estimated 50 thousand delegates, party officials and reporters will be in attendance. Q James Pindell you'll be among them --what are you going to be looking for? Q Colin: keeping tabs on NH delegates? Q Mike: What's your station's gameplan? |
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Let's talk about the Ralph Nader factor. Democrats are criticizing the Independent presidential candidate for using a conservative consulting firm to get on the ballot in New Hampshire and other states. Democrats have filed dozens of legal challenges to keep Nader off ballots. Some Republicans believe Nader will draw votes from Democrat John Kerry. Q NADER still viewed as a threat here in NH? |
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Onto the Governor's Race and the money game. Democrat John Lynch has raised more than 15 times as much money as his opponent in the New Hampshire's gubernatorial primary for governor. The latest campaign finance reports show Lynch has raised more than a half million dollars in contributions, to Paul McEachern's 44 thousand. In the Republican Primary, New Castle Selectmen Charles Tarbell raised 3-Thousand dollars. While the Incument Governor Craig Benson has raised more than 550-thousand dollars. Q COLIN: Sort this out for us - The Govenor and Mr Lynch have bolstered their war chests with some of their OWN money, haven't they? Q JAMES: What do those numbers say about the candidates. Does it represent Support? Q EDITH/ MIKE: A lot of that money has been spent on MEDIA BUYS Are the candidates getting their message out in the North Country and the Seacoast? Q COLIN: HEED controversy. McEachern asked for Benson to resign. No go. And, the deputy A-G says he does NOT plan to have an INDEPENDENT PROSECUTOR look into allegations the governor & safety commissioner INTERFERED with the Heed investigation. The story that won't go away? Q was a crime commited or were theyjust regular politicians working behind the scenes? Q Report wll figure into the upcoming gov's campaign. Report is a political football -- deservedly or not-- given the hi profile names |
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NH's first charter school opened this week -- and MORE will follow. The Franklin Career Academy will provide individualized programs for the school's 40 students grades 7 to 12. On Tuesday, City , State and Federal Officials pointed to the new school as a shining example of educational innovation. The Governor was given a plaque as honorary co-founder: Q EDITH: The North Country has a charter school that opens in September as well? STATE FUNDING??? Q MIKE: Dover's Cocheco Arts & Technology Charter school slated to open NEXT year. What's been reaction on SEACOAST? Q JAMES/ COLIN: Governor told crowd in Franklin that he did not fare well in a traditional setting -- and that not every school fits the child -- in promoting charter schools. Wants to be viewed as the EDUCATION Governor. A winning issue for him? Q On Tuesday, Governor said. NH only state in the country awarded the charter school grant that did not have charter schools. State's Dept of Ed came through so we could get awarded this money from Washington. FEDERAL funding a major factor for charter schools coming to NH? EDITH, concern that STATE will be left holding the bag later, if Fed Money dries up Q Colin: A Somersworth school labeled in need of improvement under No Child Left Behind Law. Supt calls the law a FRAUD. |
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Finally, Granny D --who's running for Judd Gregg's Senate seat -- made her NICKNAME official. Her legal name on the ballot will now read: Doris "Granny D" Haddock. The 94-year-old democrat says she's best known as "Granny D" --and wants voters to be able to see the name of the ballot. Q She had to legally change her MIDDLE name before officials would agree to have it on ballot. Will it Make a DIFFERENCE?? Q Should someone protest the issue, the matter could again be before the Ballot Law Commission. Who wants to take on a 94 year old grandmother??? |
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That'll have to be the last word for this Friday Edition. Our thanks to James Pindell and Colin Manning in Concord, Edith Tucker and Mike Pomp here in Durham. Thanks to you for watching. I'm Beth Carroll. We'll see you next time. |
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Monday on New Hampshire Outlook: Political pins and the New Hampshire Primary. Monday, following the convention on NH public television. Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook: Political pins and the New Hampshire Primary. Tonight, following the convention on NH public television. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 08/27/04 22:00 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 2:00 minutes Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook. This week we're talking Presidential Politics in NH , the Upcoming Republican Convention, The Governor's Race -- Charter Schools. and more. On our panel this week: James Pindell of PoliticsNH.com and Colin Manning of the Fosters Daily Democrat in Concord. Here in Durham are Mike Pomp, News Director at WTSN AM 1270 -- and host of the "Open Mike" talk show, and Edith Tucker of the Coos County Democrat. We begin with Presidential Politics. NH continues to be courted by both democratic and republican candidates. Last week John Kerry paid a visit to NH and on Monday George Bush will make a swing through the Granite State. The Nashua event is expected to be an "Ask the President" town hall style meeting where undecided voters are expected to make up the crowd. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll NAMES OF PARTICIPANTS: James Pindell\PoliticsNH.com Colin Manning\Foster's Daily Democrat Mike Pomp\News Director, WTSNAM 1270 Edith Tucker\Coos County Democrat |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 08/27/04 22:00 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 55 seconds The daughters of John Kerry and John Edwards were in New Hampshire Thursday. They criss-crossed the state to announce the formation of a new organization: Women for Kerry-Edwards. At one event in Exeter, Cate Edwards told the crowd that women could decide this election. But -- first they have to vote. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll NAMES OF PARTICIPANTS: James Pindell\PoliticsNH.com Colin Manning\Foster's Daily Democrat Mike Pomp\News Director, WTSNAM 1270 Edith Tucker\Coos County Democrat Cate Edwards\"Women for Kerry-Edwards" Vanessa Kerry\"Women for Kerry-Edwards" |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 08/27/04 22:00 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 15 seconds NO let up in the Swift Boat Controversy. The $50,000 ad that has taken the campaign by storm. This week, the lawyer who advised "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" resigned from President Bush's campaign saying he'd become a "distraction". And a Kerry advisor was linked to anti-Bush Ads. Neither campaign has produced proof of coordination on the part of its rival. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll NAMES OF PARTICIPANTS: James Pindell\PoliticsNH.com Colin Manning\Foster's Daily Democrat Mike Pomp\News Director, WTSNAM 1270 Edith Tucker\Coos County Democrat |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 08/27/04 22:00 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 15 seconds NO let up in the Swift Boat Controversy. The $50,000 ad that has taken the campaign by storm. This week, the lawyer who advised "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" resigned from President Bush's campaign saying he'd become a "distraction". And a Kerry advisor was linked to anti-Bush Ads. Neither campaign has produced proof of coordination on the part of its rival. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll NAMES OF PARTICIPANTS: James Pindell\PoliticsNH.com Colin Manning\Foster's Daily Democrat Mike Pomp\News Director, WTSNAM 1270 Edith Tucker\Coos County Democrat |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 08/27/04 22:00 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 1:00 minute The Repulican Convention kicks off Monday at Madison Square Garden which is being transformed as we speak. The main stage is being made smaller and more intimate. Not much talk about SECURITY measures only that police have a comprehensive program to ensure a safe and orderly convention. An estimated 50 thousand delegates, party officials and reporters will be in attendance. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll NAMES OF PARTICIPANTS: James Pindell\PoliticsNH.com Colin Manning\Foster's Daily Democrat Mike Pomp\News Director, WTSNAM 1270 Edith Tucker\Coos County Democrat |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 08/27/04 22:00 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 3:00 minutes Onto the Governor's Race and the money game. Democrat John Lynch has raised more than 15 times as much money as his opponent in the New Hampshire's gubernatorial primary for governor. The latest campaign finance reports show Lynch has raised more than a half million dollars in contributions, to Paul McEachern's 44 thousand. In the Republican Primary, New Castle Selectmen Charles Tarbell raised 3-Thousand dollars. While the Incument Governor Craig Benson has raised more than 550-thousand dollars. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll NAMES OF PARTICIPANTS: James Pindell\PoliticsNH.com Colin Manning\Foster's Daily Democrat Mike Pomp\News Director, WTSNAM 1270 Edith Tucker\Coos County Democrat |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 08/27/04 22:00 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 26 seconds NH's first charter school opened this week -- and MORE will follow. The Franklin Career Academy will provide individualized programs for the school's 40 students grades 7 to 12. On Tuesday, City , State and Federal Officials pointed to the new school as a shining example of educational innovation. The Governor was given a plaque as honorary co-founder: PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll NAMES OF PARTICIPANTS: James Pindell\PoliticsNH.com Colin Manning\Foster's Daily Democrat Mike Pomp\News Director, WTSNAM 1270 Edith Tucker\Coos County Democrat |
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NH delegates will be seeing a lot of NY Governor George Pataki next week and beyond. Pataki's convention schedule -- shows he may be playing 2008 politics, as well as being convention host. A potential contender for the GOP's 2008 presidential nomination -- Pataki has made 7 trips to New Hampshire in the past five years and is courting delegates at the convention. The Granite State of course is the site of the nation's first presidential primary. Q Just another example of NH's role in the political process? |
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Dear Supporter, Every two years, Democrats pick a few Congressional races that look close and pour money into them. Our party tries to win just enough seats to erase the slim Republican majority, but ignores many other races. For ten years we have won some and lost some--but through it all, Republicans have kept control. It's time for a change. The Dean Dozen and other socially progressive, fiscally moderate candidates are the future of our party. If we are going to take back the House, we have to support them everywhere, not just where we think they can win. You can change how the Democratic Party does business with $20, $100, $50 or whatever you can afford. Together, thousands of us can provide the support that good candidates need to challenge Republicans everywhere and bring the Democratic agenda to the people: http:/www.democracyforamerica.com/contribute I'm writing to you now from Florida, where we all remember how much is at stake. Both parties and countless other organizations--including DFA--are on the ground fighting for every single vote. I spent the past weekend in Texas, where things are vastly different. Except in a handful of so-called competitive districts, pundits and political operatives don't give Democrats a chance. Unfortunately, too many in our party agree. In many places we have completely abandoned our cause. Texas Democrats are just as hungry for change as anywhere else in the country--and they aren't giving up. All over the state there are Democrats like Richard Morrison, who is challenging Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay in his home district. We support Richard Morrison and candidates like him everywhere. Contribute now to support these candidates as well: http:/www.democracyforamerica.com/contribute If you run a Democrat pretending to be a Republican, the real Republican will win every time. And if you don't run anyone at all, Democrats will never have a chance. The only way we can win is to compete. Over the next ten weeks we plan to support--both financially and with organizers on the ground--the kind of House candidates who will spread our message to every corner of the country. Your contribution puts one more organizer on a race, supports one more volunteer's canvassing or helps a candidate we support contact one more voter. Every American from Utah to Georgia should hear the same message: if you want health care for everyone, a balanced budget and a moral foreign policy you should be voting Democratic. If we fight in every district within every state, we can make Nancy Pelosi the next Speaker of the House. I am asking for your help to make an impact in Congressional races this November, can I count on you for $100, $50, or $20 today? http:/www.democracyforamerica.com/contribute We cannot surrender, we cannot give up. Thank you for your support. Governor Howard Dean, M.D. P.S. -- You can learn more about good candidates and how to help them win here: http:/www.democracyforamerica.com/candidates -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You may unsubscribe by clicking here: http:/www.democracyforamerica.com/unsubscribe Paid for by Democracy for America, www.democracyforamerica.com. Contributions to Democracy for America are not tax deductible for federal income tax purposes. |
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For Immediate Release Contact: Kathy Walker August 25, 2004 603-223-1307 Governor Benson Unveils a New Initiative: The 3 to 6 After School Challenge “The 3 to 6 Challenge….Its time to make our kids our business,” Governor Craig Benson. - When schools all over the Granite state are dismissed each afternoon, how do thousands of children and adolescents spend their out-of-school time? With 76% of children in New Hampshire living in households where both parents work, what kids do during after-school hours has become of concern for New Hampshire business leaders and policy makers. In response, Governor Benson unveiled a new initiative recently at the Summit for After School Achievement. It’s called Governor Benson’s 3 to 6 Challenge. Its goal is to challenge business and community leaders to use their resources to help bring quality after school programs to New Hampshire communities without creating new government programs, increasing spending or raising taxes. “I have maintained from my first day in office that state government needs to live within its means,” stated Benson to the crowd of business leaders in attendance. “By bringing the business community together with local after school programs, we can find new ways to keep our kids safe and secure after school.” Working in partnership with PlusTime NH, the country’s oldest non-profit organization dedicated to providing direct support, training, information and funding assistance for after school programs, the Governor urged participants in the summit to support the expansion and sustainability of after school programs in New Hampshire. “PlusTime has the tools to help develop and launch these programs, but they need your business expertise to keep them up and running,” said the Governor. “ I challenge you to use your time, resources, world experience, business expertise and guidance to bring quality after school programs to the New Hampshire communities that need them the most. If you’ll join me in this important work, we will raise 1.5 million dollars for after school programs across the state.” According PlusTime NH, New Hampshire children spend less than 20% of their waking hours in school. What happens during the other 80 % of their time, which can amount to 20 to 25 hours per week, is critical to a child’s safety, achievement and social development. “The danger zone for kids is between 3 and 6 pm which are the peak hours for juvenile crime,” said Cynthia Billings, Chief Executive Officer of PlusTime NH. “Children are much more likely to participate in risky behaviors such as experimentation with drugs, alcohol, cigarettes and sex between the hours of 3 and 6 pm. Latchkey kids are also more likely to be victims of violent crime than the general population.” “We’d like to think that the children we know, our children and our friends children are fine, that they’re safe,” added Billings. “We think that at-risk applies to someone else’s kids: kids from a tough background, inner city kids or kids from high poverty families. The truth is, every child left unsupervised is at risk and with single parents and dual working families on the rise, more and more children are being left alone.” Sponsored by The National Governor’s Association, PlusTime NH, Providian Bank and The Corporation for National and Community Service, Governor Benson’s 3 to 6 Challenge would fund after school programs for children of all ages throughout New Hampshire. The financial support will be for both start-up and existing businesses with an emphasis on existing programs. The 1.5 million dollars raised by the 3 to 6 Challenge will be managed and evaluated by PlusTime NH and distributed to after school programs through a competitive grant process. The grants will pay for operational costs and will not support scholarships, one-time events or capitol purchases. Grants for existing programs would range from 20 to 50 thousand dollars. Grants for start-ups would be 40 to 60 thousand dollars over a 2-year period. “We know that students in quality after school programs have better academic performance, behavior and school attendance and greater expectations for the future,” said Tom Raffio, President & CEO of Northeast Delta Dental and Chairman of the Governor’s After School Task Force. “We also know that funds raised through the 3 to 6 Challenge will be used to develop programs that will create better employees and safer streets by reducing juvenile delinquency, substance abuse and vandalism. The best thing we can do for working parents is to find a way to put their minds at ease about their kids after school so that they can focus on the tasks at hand.” “We know how to do this,” declared Billings. “We have a solution. The numbers speak for themselves. Participation in quality after school programs has led to a decrease in the juvenile crime rate by up to 75%, decrease in drug use by 49 % and a decrease in the likelihood of becoming a teen parent by 37%.” Despite the numbers however, Billings said a chronic shortage of quality after-school programs exists in the Granite State. “According to a Providian study, it is estimated that sixty percent of New Hampshire children and youth need some kind of after school care. Of that sixty percent, only one in five has access to an after school program.” “I can’t imagine my four kids having nowhere safe to go after school,” commented Raffio. “I’ve learned over the years that being socially responsible is truly part of being in business. We all want to make a difference rather than just taking up space but are often too busy to find out where we can do the most good in our communities. Now you can help an after school program by doing something as simple as spending a Saturday afternoon setting up a bookkeeping system or giving employees time off or flex time to serve as volunteers.” After contributing fifty thousand dollars of his own money toward the 3 to 6 Challenge, the Governor remarked, “The time has come to build these programs like we build our businesses; with sensible plans and solid foundations so that we won’t need to raise taxes or increase spending for them. As business people, community leaders and corporate citizens, it is our business to keep kids off the streets and out of trouble. Our business is to give them every chance to succeed in school. Our business to see to it that they are properly prepared to join the workforce. In other words, its time to make our kids, our business.” |
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Here are the top stories in New Hampshire at this hour nmlhofn CONCORD, N.H. - Democratic gubernatorial candidate Paul McEachern says Governor Craig Benson should resign. He says Benson breached his own ethical standard by encouraging Attorney General Peter Heed to resign. Sullivan County Attorney Marc Hathaway has called for a review of whether Benson and Safety Commissioner Dick Flynn improperly meddled in his investigation of Heed. The investigation centered on whether Heed inappropriately touched a woman at a state conference in May. Hathaway cleared Heed of any wrongdoing. A Benson campaign spokeswoman says the governor won't resign just because McEachern asks for it. She says McEachern thinks he can't win unless Benson's not running. CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire's deputy attorney general says he does not plan to have an independent prosecutor look at allegations that the governor and state safety commissioner interfered with the investigation of former Attorney General Peter Heed. Deputy Attorney General Michael Delaney is reviewing a report on the allegations. He says he had no involvement in the initial Heed investigation and does not believe he has a conflict. ========================== wire 8/25 dewman CONCORD, N.H. - The Attorney General's office does not plan to have an independent prosecutor look at allegations that the governor and state safety commissioner interfered with the investigation of former Attorney General Peter Heed. Deputy Attorney General Michael Delaney is reviewing a report on the allegations. He says he had no involvement in the initial Heed investigation and does not believe he has a conflict. Heed resigned before being cleared of any wrongdoing at a state-sponsored conference in May in which he put his hands on a female employee's waist on the dance floor. The allegations were investigated by Sullivan County Attorney Marc Hathaway, who last week released a second report suggesting Governor Craig Benson and Safety Commissioner Richard Flynn interfered with the Heed investigation and got him to resign by exaggerating allegations against him. |
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wire 8/24 ersho CONCORD, N.H. - The former executive director of New Hampshire's Republican Party tried to stop Democrats from getting to the polls two years ago. But Chuck McGee won't lose his right to vote under the state's constitution. He pleaded guilty last month to jamming Democratic phone banks on Election Day 2002. A provision in the state constitution takes away the right to vote from anyone who's convicted of violating state or federal election laws. But Secretary of State William Gardner has ruled that McGee pleaded guilty to federal criminal statues, not election law violations. His ruling came after David Fischer wrote a letter asking how the provision applied to McGee. Fischer is a state prison inmate who unsuccessfully challenged his own loss of voting rights while incarcerated. McGee could still lose his right to vote under other laws |
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