A bill introduced in the New Hampshire House of Representatives earlier this month would bar college students from voting in their college towns unless they resided there before enrolling.
House Bill 176, which was introduced by Rep. Gregory Sorg (R- Grafton County) would amend RSA 654-2 to include a new section entitled “Voters Attending Institutions of Learning.”
The section would require that “the domicile for voting purposes” of a college student would be the town or city “in which such person had his or her domicile immediately prior to matriculation … even though his or her intent to return thereto is uncertain.”
Currently, students are able to choose their hometown or their college town as their domicile. […]
The proposal took a controversial turn following comments made by Speaker of the House William O’Brien (R-Hillsborough) to a group of conservative activists.
According to the New Hampshire Union Leader, O’Brien told the group that college students registering to vote on Election Day “are basically doing what I did when I was a kid and foolish, voting as a liberal.”
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