NH House Fails to Override 17 of Governor Sununu’s Vetoes
On Wednesday, September 16th, the NH House of Representatives gathered at the University of New Hampshire’s Whittemore Center for Veto Day – a session that was scheduled to take up 17 bills that Governor Sununu had vetoed in recent months. Action on all vetoes required a roll call vote, and the NH Constitution requires a […]
NH Patch Publishes Candidate Profile
NH Patch has published my candidate profile for the upcoming race for State Representative in Nashua’s Ward 2 (Hills. 29). My thanks to NH Patch for its efforts to educate voters heading into the November 3rd State Election. https://patch.com/new-hampshire/nashua/paul-bergeron-nashua-state-representative-candidate
COVID-19 Precautions Will Be in Place at Polls for State Primary Election, Tuesday, Sept. 8
The State Primary Election will be held on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 – the day after Labor Day. Polls in Nashua will open at 6 am and close at 8 pm. Nashua has the longest polling hours in the state. In other NH cities and towns, polls may open later and/or close earlier. Voters in […]
Sununu Veto of Independent Redistricting Bill Keeps Gerrymandering Alive
This week, Governor Sununu vetoed HB 1665 which would establish an independent redistricting commission. The bill had bipartisan sponsorship and support. In his veto message, Sununu stated that “…we should take pride that issues of gerrymandering are rare.” Unfortunately, that is not true. The most obvious example of the type of gerrymandering that took place […]
Voters May Request an Absentee Ballot if They Prefer Not to Go to the Polls Due to COVID-19
Request form for an Absentee Ballot for the 2020 State Primary and/or General Elections (available here). HB 1266, relative to voting by absentee ballot during the 2020 elections due to Covid-19, was signed into law by the Governor on July 17, 2020. If you have concerns about going to the polls in September and/or in […]
Governor Calls Election Law Omnibus Bill “Unreasonable” and Vetoes HB1672
Claiming that the provisions of HB1672 were “unreasonable and unnecessary,” Governor Sununu has vetoed the Election Law Omnibus recently passed by the NH House and Senate. On Sunday, The Telegraph published an opinion piece written by Senator Melanie Levesque relative to the provisions of the bill. It summarized the bill clearly and will give […]
House Finishes 2020 Session
The NH House met in session on June 30th at the Whittemore Center on the UNH campus and approved over 30 bills which will be sent to the Governor for his signature. This meeting concluded the House’s work for the 2020 legislative session. Among the bills approved by the House was legislation addressing the following: […]
Commemorating Juneteenth and Supporting Black Lives Matter
On June 19, 1865, enslaved African-Americans in Galveston, Texas, were told they were free. Now, 155 years later, people in cities and towns across the U.S. continue to mark the occasion with celebrations. (Here are brief guides to what you should know about Juneteenth from the New York Times and the Congressional Research Service.) Juneteenth […]
House Republicans Looking to Shut Down Legislative Session and Abandon 225 Bills Still Under Consideration
In March, the Governor issued a State of Emergency Declaration and stay-at-home orders due to the corona virus. As a result, the NH House and Senate suspended sessions and have done limited committee work through online meetings. The House is scheduled to reconvene on June 11 at the Whittemore Center on the campus of the […]
US Deaths From Coronavirus Exceed 100,000. City of Nashua Now Requires the Wearing of Face Masks in Public.
Today, U.S. coronavirus deaths passed the 100,000 mark. Within three months. The first U.S. death was reported on February 29th in the Seattle area, though several fatalities not attributed to the virus previously have since been reported. As of today, according to Johns Hopkins University’s global tracker, 28% of the world’s deaths due to coronavirus […]