Dear [Your Elected Official],

<p>I am writing to ask that you vote ITL on HB 1062.</p> <p>This bill is an overreach that risks disenfranchising eligible Granite State voters. HB 1062 claims to be solving a problem that hasn't been proven to exist, noncitizen's voting in elections. </p> <p>Despite the lack of evidence of a widespread issue, HB 1062 would require costly, resource intensive audits of hundreds of thousands of voters who have already established eligibility by affidavit. Although the bill carries no fiscal note, implementation would clearly cost millions of dollars and divert staff and resources from actual election administration.</p> <p>The bill would also allow the use of outside and federal databases, including the federal immigration database S.A.V.E., which has well-documented inaccuracies and inconsistencies. As other states have shown, reliance on these systems leads to eligible voters being wrongly flagged, creating confusion, fear, and barriers to voting, particularly for long-time citizens. These errors are expensive and time consuming for both voters and the state to resolve.</p> <p>New Hampshire’s elections are secure. Even the Secretary of State has acknowledged that voter fraud is exceedingly rare. Creating a sweeping audit program to address a virtually nonexistent problem undermines public trust rather than strengthening it and threatens the constitutional right of eligible voters to have their voices heard.</p> <p>HB 1062 is unnecessary, costly, and dangerous to lawful voters. I urge you to oppose it.</p>