So much for negotiating with anti-voter ID opponents. However, there should be enough votes to override the veto.
Gov. John Lynch on Thursday vetoed four
bills, including one that would require voters to present photo
identification in November’s general election or to sign a qualified
voter affidavit. Link to UnionLeader.com.
So much for negotiating with anti-voter ID opponents. However, there should be enough votes to override the veto.
Gov. John Lynch on Thursday vetoed four
bills, including one that would require voters to present photo
identification in November’s general election or to sign a qualified
voter affidavit. Link to UnionLeader.com.
The next legislative session of the Senate is to be determined by the call of the chair. Since Governor Lynch asserted gubernatorial veto on the second Voter-ID bill yesterday, then the House of Representatives may convene on June 27th at 10:00AM to consider the gubernatorial veto message. The House of Representatives would vote to override Lynch’s Voter-ID veto by the requisite two-thirds vote. If the veto override is successful, then the Senate shall consider the Lynch gubernatorial veto message. The Senate would vote to override Lynch’s Voter-ID veto by the requisite two-thirds vote. The current composition of the 424-member NH Legislature is Republican: 311 Republicans to 109 Democrats or is 79% Republican and 21% Democratic. The Senate consists of 19 Republicans and Five Democrats or 78% Republican and 22% Democratic. The GOP Majority in the Senate is veto-proof. The House of Representatives consists of 292 Republicans and 104 Democrats or 74% Republican and 26% Democratic. The GOP Majority in the House of Representatives is veto-proof. A veto-proof majority is two-thirds or 67% of the total membership for the House of Representatives and Senate that is duly chosen and sworn. If the total membership of each chamber of the legislature votes two-thirds affirmatively to reverse an incurred gubernatorial veto to the proposed voter-ID legislation, then it becomes law pursuant to Part II, Article XLIV of the NH State Constitution.