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The New Hampshire Department of Justice has slapped the state Democratic Party with a cease and desist order over mailers soliciting absentee ballot requests be sent to a non-existent government agency.
The mailers also contained false claims about voter histories, according to the order issued by Attorney General John Formella.
“In light of our conclusion that the NHDP has caused voter confusion given the incorrect return addresses to clerks on its mailers, the incorrect direction to non-existent ‘boards of election,’ and the incorrect voter domicile information, the NHDP is hereby ordered to cease and desist any and all activities which violate the law by causing voter confusion in the future,” Formella wrote.
The mailers were designed to get voters — presumably likely Democratic voters — to request absentee ballots for the upcoming general election. But according to the attorney General’s order, the mailers had multiple problems, including:
And, Formella said, his office has been contacted directly by concerned voters.
“Some of the concerns raised by these voters are that the mailer states, ‘You have a history of requesting absentee ballots’ when the voter has not voted by absentee ballot in the past, the voter’s...
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