The story is here.  I am not so sure Governor Lynch will maintain his previous veto mantra  that “there is no voter fraud problem in New Hampshire.” And whatever approach the Governor decides to take in the coming session, the citizens of New Hampshire should be aware that the Republicans in the legislature have the votes to override any veto. 

According to this article, Secretary of State Gardner has no real objections to the voter ID requirement but only to the provisional ballot process that might require a bit extra work on the part of his election officials and require voters to provide that information.  I bet New Hampshire election offiicals wish their poll workers had not simply repeated the mantra drilled into them… “Oh, no, no photo ID is required, go ahead and vote” instead of simply asking for an ID to confirm the identify of the voter.  Boy, oh Boy, being politically correct has its consequences.

Gardner should realize that the ease of this voter impersonation scandal is humiliating to the hard working election officials in New Hampshire.  A few extra steps and requests for identification by poll workers would have avoided this type of theft of identify of deceased voters.  The bottom line is that this incident will shock the conscience of most objective observers and cause a lack of confidence in the electoral process.  Concerns about additional provisional ballot procedures should not be the impediment to the proper verification of voters before votes are counted.