Manchester Union-Leader:
In a move to protect New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation Presidential primary, the House yesterday passed a bill that lets the Secretary of State change filing deadlines any time he thinks it necessary.
Just like Dick Cheney can declassify top secret information.
In the second of a two-day session, the House passed the bill on a nearly unanimous voice vote.
Rep. James Splaine, D-Portsmouth, who sponsored HB 1125, said the bill “will make it very clear to the national parties, but more importantly to other states that we are ready to do what we need to do.”
He said the secretary of state already has the power to set a primary election date.
“This kind of completes the package and closes the door,” Splaine said. “This will make sure all political parties in all the 49 other states get the message that we are living up to our first-in-the-nation tradition in 2008, 2012 and beyond.”
When we passed a resolution at our caucus opposing having the caucus on a legal holiday, we meant MLK Day, not Christmas...
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