New Hampshire: problems for 8 candidates found by using statewide voter database
The Concord Monitor reports: State officials have discovered that eight House candidates on next week's primary ballots are not actually registered members of their declared political party. The attorney general's office has asked the state Ballot Law Commission to decide whether the candidates should be disqualified from running.
Of the eight, one is an incumbent lawmaker: Rep. Jim Danforth of Andover, who has served one term as a Republican and is seeking re-election to the Legislature as a member of that party. But Danforth is registered to vote as a Democrat, the secretary of state and attorney general discovered recently. They found similar problems with seven other candidates. State law requires candidates for office to run in the primary of their registered political party. ...
State law says that the "name of any person shall not be printed upon the ballot of any party for a primary unless he is a registered member of that party." In addition to Danforth, seven other candidates violate that law:
q Four candidates filed to run as Democrats despite being registered as undeclared voters: Maureen "Mo" Baxley of Andover, Fran Defeo of Conway, Matthew Preston of Seabrook and Greta Cocco of Somersworth.
q Two candidates filed to run as Republicans despite being registered as undeclared: Matthew Covey of Carroll and Ron Peddle of Danville.
q One candidate, Roberto Ordonez of Merrimack, filed to run for the House despite the fact that he was not registered to vote anywhere in the state; when he filed his candidacy, Ordonez said he was a registered Democrat. -- Concord Monitor Online Article - 8 candidates may be tossed from ballot - Your News Source - 03301