This is a repost from the Dover Dems. Immediate action is needed.

Action needed this week to defeat HB 75, which will be voted on by the full NH Senate on Thursday May 11.

Email Jeb.Bradley@leg.state.nh.us ask him to work to kill HB 75 and let HB 270 go through the normal process for a bill retained in the House.

The Republicans are trying to introduce districts to be used when electing the three Strafford County commissioners. Currently the commissioners run at-large across the whole county.

HB 270 was introduced in January for this purpose, but was retained in committee on a bipartisan vote in the House Municipal and County Government Committee in February. The idea was to let the bill be discussed more fully over the summer, including asking for input from the residents of the county.

Last week the Republicans decided they did not want to discuss this with the public. Instead they amended HB 75, an unrelated bill passed by the House, to replace in its entirety the text of HB 75 with the text from HB 270. This was done in the Senate Election Law Committee with little or no warning, and they held the hearing on the amendment and the executive session to vote on the amended bill on the same day, passing it 3-2 on a party-line vote. And they added it to the Senate calendar to be quickly voted on by the full Senate the following week, on Thursday May 11.

What can you do? Email Sen. Jeb Bradley, the president of the NH Senate and ask him to work to kill HB 75. Tell him that the residents of Strafford County deserve a full opportunity to weigh in on whether districts are needed and if so, the boundaries of the districts. Tell him to allow HB 270 to go through the normal process for a bill retained in a House committee. Sen. Bradley’s email is Jeb.Bradley@leg.state.nh.us.

Our three current county commissioners, all Democrats, are leading the effort to build a new modern nursing home, refurbish the old facility to be used for transitional housing, and build a large solar farm to power it all (and more). The Republicans are desperate to stop a project that would have the government work for the common good.

sherry_frost_ commented: If government actually works to make people’s lives better, republicans lose their most powerful lie that government is, at best, useless and, at worst, evil.

Here is the e-mail I sent. Feel free to cut and paste

Mr Bradley.

 As a resident of Strafford County I have concerns over the fast tracking of legislation which would introduce districts to be used when electing the three Strafford County commissioners. 

I urge you to kill HB 75 and let HB 270 go through the normal process for a bill retained in the House.

Residents of Strafford County deserve a full opportunity to weigh in on whether districts are needed and if so, the boundaries of the districts. 

Sincerely,