ITL HB 1062: SoS Random Audit

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ITL HB 1062: SoS Random Audit

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Dear [Your Elected Official],

I am writing to ask that you vote ITL on HB 1062.
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. 
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.
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.
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.
HB 1062 is unnecessary, costly, and dangerous to lawful voters. I urge you to oppose it.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]

[Your City & State]

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Summary

Imagine you’re away on vacation or visiting family when a letter arrives at your house. It’s from the Secretary of State’s office, saying you’ve been picked for a “random” voter audit. You don’t see it in time. You miss the deadline. When you get home, you find out you’ve been taken off the voter rolls, even though you’re an eligible voter who’s done nothing wrong. Or imagine you’re a U.S. citizen, but your information gets run through a federal database and you’re mistakenly flagged as a non-citizen. That kind of mistake happens more often than people realize, and fixing it can take weeks or months, if it gets fixed at all. This isn’t some far-fetched scenario. This is exactly what could happen if HB 1062 becomes law. The bill gives the Secretary of State’s office broad power to recheck voters who are already registered, using state and federal databases that are known to be inaccurate. This bill doesn’t fix a real problem, it simply serves to fuel the false narrative that our elections are being overrun by fraud. Please reach out to your representative and tell them to oppose HB 1062. Our time, money, and energy should be spent making it easier for people to participate in democracy, not creating new ways to push eligible voters out.

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