New Hampshire’s Republican attorney general on Monday hit back against national Democrats after they rebuked the state party in an ongoing fight over the state’s upcoming January 23 primary.
New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella accused the Democratic National Committee of “unlawful voter suppression” in a January 8 cease-and-desist order after the national party told state Democrats that no delegates would be awarded based on their primary. The primary is noncompliant with the DNC’s revamped nominating calendar, which was announced nearly a year ago.
In a January 5 letter to New Hampshire Democrats, members of the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws committee stressed that the New Hampshire primary will be “meaningless” and that the state party and presidential candidates “should take all steps possible not to participate.” The committee called on the state party to educate the public that the primary results are non-binding.
“Falsely telling New Hampshire voters that a New Hampshire election is ‘meaningless’ violates New Hampshire voter suppression laws,” Formella wrote in a letter to the co-chairs of the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws committee.
The cease-and-desist order is the latest headache for supporters of President Joe Biden, who are working to support his campaign in a state where he won’t appear on the ballot, despite his decision to make South Carolina the first sanctioned Democratic primary. Under New Hampshire state law, the Granite State must hold its primary before any other state.
“Well, it’s safe to say in New Hampshire, the DNC is less popular than the NY Yankees,” New Hampshire Democratic Party chairman Raymond Buckley said in a statement. “State law requires the New Hampshire Secretary of State to conduct the first-in-the-nation primary and he is going to follow the law — period. Nothing has changed, and we…
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