Contact the House Finance Committee to OPPOSE HB365

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Contact the House Finance Committee to OPPOSE HB365

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Dear [Your Elected Official],

I am writing to respectfully urge you to oppose HB 365, relative to proof of United States citizenship for indigent voters. 
 No citizen should have to attest to their financial status in order to enact their constitutional right to vote. A voucher program like the one described in this bill would work solely to invade constituents' privacy while implementing another affidavit system, which HB1569 found to be inadequate just last year.  It doesn’t make sense to use an affidavit to swear you are poor when you can no longer use one to swear that you are a citizen. Additionally, this will be costly to New Hampshire tax payers and will eat into the state's already tight budget.
 This bill seeks to address a problem that has emerged as a direct result of needlessly tightening voting restrictions, but fails to fully solve the problem as it would only help if the voter was born in New Hampshire.
 Please side with the voters in opposing HB365.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]

[Your City & State]

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Summary

HB365 would require those who are unable to provide necessary documentation for proof of citizenship due to financial hardship sign a financial affidavit, swearing that they are indigent. Aside from being a blatant invasion of privacy, this bill brings back affidavits as an indirect means of proving citizenship - this directly contradicts the legislation's decision in HB1569 that affidavits cannot be used to attest citizenship. This bill also only applies to indigent voters who were born in NH, leaving any voters of limited means who were born elsewhere without support. This bill will be costly to NH taxpayers and it fails to adequately address the problem it is meant to. Please contact the House Finance Committee and ask them to OPPOSE HB365. Please note that the subject line and the email language is fully editable. We encourage you to use your own words to make your email stand out.

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