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The forum included Gubernatorial Candidates: Cinde Warmington (D) and Kelly Ayotte (R); U.S. Senate Candidates: Chris Pappas (D) and John E. Sununu (R); Congressional Candidates for House District 1: Stefany Shaheen (D) and Anthony DiLorenzo (R); Congressional Candidates for House District 2: Maggie Goodlander (D) and Lily Tang Williams (R).
Secretary of State David M. Scanlan’s motion for a stay on the legal proceedings in a lawsuit that challenges the use of student IDs to vote has been denied by the First Circuit Court of Appeals, though an emergency stay has been requested from the U.S. Supreme Court.
New laws and ballot counting machines, ongoing lawsuits and the planned presence of federal election monitors in Nashua and Manchester are making some voters uneasy about next Tuesday’s Republican and Democratic primaries.
“At the national level there is still litigation pending over the President’s executive order related to mail-in ballots. Implementation of the Executive Order for the 2026 elections is uncertain,” David Scanlan said
Members of the media, both local and national, veterans and first-timers got to hear from the state’s top election leader on what happens in the state’s 308 voting precincts before, during and after the votes are cast.
A steady stream of presidential candidates and/or their representatives will begin to visit the New Hampshire Secretary of State’s office in the State House Wednesday to officially file their names to be placed on the first-in-the nation primary ballot here.
More voter education and transparency of how voting works would help the state’s 908,808 registered voters who should be confident that their ballot was clearly read and counted, according to a report issued Thursday.
A judge ordered a full recount of all the votes in Manchester District 16 Ward 6 House race Tuesday morning denying the declared winner’s attempt to legally stop any further recounting.
Voters here essentially kept things the same returning their governor, congressional delegation, and the exact same Executive Council for another term in office.