Matriculation is a State of Mind
I recently conceived a protest which took fruition today at noon, on the Dartmouth College campus, in which libertarians and conservatives demonstrated to obtain ballots in the college's trustee election currently underway. Why, you ask? Well, it seems that over 400 Dartmouth students, not residents of NH, voted in the November elections, along with thousands of other non-resident college students, to help turn the voting tide in favor of the democrats.
The college administration refuses to help identify resident and non-resident students. The town, thanks to past student-dominated elections, now refuses to enforce state law in verifying the validity of election day registrants.
There are other reasons:
a) NH residents have gifted Dartmouth over the years with not one, but two whole townships for their benefit.
b) Dartmouth College so dominates life in Hanover and the Upper Valley in general that the decisions it makes have a serious impact on the lives of every resident of the region. This justifies claims to have input in the process to select Dartmouth governance.
c) We in NH have been subjected, over many years, to sermonizing and pontificating from so many holier-than-thou politically correct Dartmouth Professors that we feel that we have earned the requisite credit hours to be considered alumni.
d) Assistant State Attorney General For Covering Up Voter Fraud, Bud Fitch, is quoted and on the written record as stating to fraudulent voters, "residency is a state of mind." If so, then matriculation is also 'a state of mind'.
For these reasons I, and Ed Naile, President of the Coalition of New Hampshire Taxpayers, today declared the Dartmouth Trustee Elections, (open to voting until April 22nd) to be open to all NH residents.
So, today, a group of NH residents I recruited traipsed up to the Dartmouth Campus, demonstrated, and requested ballots from the administration. As soon as I get back to NH from Florida, I will be seeking my own ballot.
We hope that non-resident college students will take a lesson from this: there are a lot more NH residents than there are students in this state. We control the legislature. We can, if we choose, impose governance on any NH chartered corporation that colludes in the violation of the law, as such activity as conspiracy to commit vote fraud is grounds to 'pierce the veil' of the Dartmouth corporation. I don't think that most students or alumni are willing to 'go nuclear' on this issue, so I hope that this demonstration raises the point with non-resident students that they need to respect the sanctity of NH elections BY NH RESIDENTS.
If college students are so irresponsible so as to risk the future viability of their alma mater, then so be it. If current college leadership is similarly irresponsible, then it is clearly time for new choices in trusteeship at Dartmouth. For this reason, I support the election of petition candidates Peter Robinson '79 and Todd Zywicki '88. They promise to return a sense of responsibility, citizenship, and balanced leadership to Dartmouth.
The college administration refuses to help identify resident and non-resident students. The town, thanks to past student-dominated elections, now refuses to enforce state law in verifying the validity of election day registrants.
There are other reasons:
a) NH residents have gifted Dartmouth over the years with not one, but two whole townships for their benefit.
b) Dartmouth College so dominates life in Hanover and the Upper Valley in general that the decisions it makes have a serious impact on the lives of every resident of the region. This justifies claims to have input in the process to select Dartmouth governance.
c) We in NH have been subjected, over many years, to sermonizing and pontificating from so many holier-than-thou politically correct Dartmouth Professors that we feel that we have earned the requisite credit hours to be considered alumni.
d) Assistant State Attorney General For Covering Up Voter Fraud, Bud Fitch, is quoted and on the written record as stating to fraudulent voters, "residency is a state of mind." If so, then matriculation is also 'a state of mind'.
For these reasons I, and Ed Naile, President of the Coalition of New Hampshire Taxpayers, today declared the Dartmouth Trustee Elections, (open to voting until April 22nd) to be open to all NH residents.
So, today, a group of NH residents I recruited traipsed up to the Dartmouth Campus, demonstrated, and requested ballots from the administration. As soon as I get back to NH from Florida, I will be seeking my own ballot.
We hope that non-resident college students will take a lesson from this: there are a lot more NH residents than there are students in this state. We control the legislature. We can, if we choose, impose governance on any NH chartered corporation that colludes in the violation of the law, as such activity as conspiracy to commit vote fraud is grounds to 'pierce the veil' of the Dartmouth corporation. I don't think that most students or alumni are willing to 'go nuclear' on this issue, so I hope that this demonstration raises the point with non-resident students that they need to respect the sanctity of NH elections BY NH RESIDENTS.
If college students are so irresponsible so as to risk the future viability of their alma mater, then so be it. If current college leadership is similarly irresponsible, then it is clearly time for new choices in trusteeship at Dartmouth. For this reason, I support the election of petition candidates Peter Robinson '79 and Todd Zywicki '88. They promise to return a sense of responsibility, citizenship, and balanced leadership to Dartmouth.
posted by Mike Lorrey at 8:46 PM
37 Comments:
And I have, here in my hands, a list of communists....
Where are you drawing this 400 Dartmouth student, non-residents of NH statistic? If students choose to vote in NH instead of in their home state, I was under the impression that they could same-day register to change their domicile and vote here in NH?
If you have any evidence of voter fraud, I challenge you to prove it.
If you're a principled libertarian, what reason could you have against same-day registration?
Why not allow votes for the boards ALL corporations?(Not simply educational institutions) In certain areas, I am sure some companies have a much greater effect.
TW
The Dartmouth students who vote in elections in New Hampshire ARE residents of New Hampshire.
This blog is just full of misinformation.
It all makes sense now- this was posted on April Fools' Day.
On the contrary, state law mandates that same day registrants must obtain a NH drivers license and register their vehicles in NH within 60 days of an election. Instead, the checklist supervisors do not make sure this law is followed, and even allow same day registrants to de-register after the election without penalty. We have no indication that any Dartmouth students have obtained NH drivers licenses or vehicle registrations in the two months since the elections.
We have already exposed hundreds of UNH NON-RESIDENT students who voted, we are doing the same across the state this month.
I don't have a problem with same day registration, so long as registrants can prove residency AND citizenship. Along the southern border we have a problem with Massachusetts residents who get NH licenses and registrations to avoid MA fees and mandatory insurance. We also have a problem with drivers licenses not indicating citizenship.
While perfect libertarian theory is for open borders, we are still pragmatic enough to know that the bait of the welfare state must be done away with first to eliminate the infiltration of anti-liberty socialism supporters.
Your protest was done very cleverly and makes your point very well
Then we have to come back to reality. Surely you don't think that the school's "refus[al] to help identify resident and non-resident students" is some kind of conspiracy? A conspiracy takes two: students voting fraudulently is not enough. It's none of the school's business what its students do in the voting booth, and you cannot expect them to have an opinion on it, let alone somehow involve themselves in it (and then be beholden to you?). These kids would be capable of doing the same thing if they were in town for Spring Break or any other unorganized activity, so whatever fraud they commit doesn't need any help from the college.
You need to state what step the school has taken to conspire with these 400 students to help them commit fraud. Simply commenting about it after the fact (or declining to give private information to you or marketers, scam artists, or stalkers) is not a conspiracy. And aren't there federal laws against violating students' privacy that would prevent the school handing out the names of students even if it thought it should?
If the town or the AG is not doing what you think they should, you need to file suit. Otherwise we have to assume that your claim that fraud happened (and that it matters) is without any merit. The silly threats about going nuclear with the board of a private corporation because of the acts of some of its students are taken for what they are, an April Fool's joke.
"While perfect libertarian theory is for open borders, we are still pragmatic enough to know that the bait of the welfare state must be done away with first to eliminate the infiltration of anti-liberty socialism supporters."
Hate to tell you, but Dartmouth students are not here because of the state's generous welfare benefits. Do you ban people from immigrating and residing in the state because of their *ideology*? Students are subject the laws of New Hampshire and they spend most of their time here. People who only spend a year here, less time than students do, can vote if they live here. Why not students?
"I don't have a problem with same day registration, so long as registrants can prove residency AND citizenship."
I can understand the fears about residency, but this citizenship thing is a canard. In my expereince, non-U.S. citizens did not vote (at least at Dartmouth during 2000). I bet after 2001, non-citizens would not dare dream of doing something like this that could cause them trouble with the authorities.
One other thing:
Immediately after I graduated, I received a letter from the elections office saying I would be de-registered unless I showed I was still a NH resident. So the town is rather quick about this.
"We have no indication that any Dartmouth students have obtained NH drivers licenses or vehicle registrations in the two months since the elections."
So therefore, they must all have not done so, right?
That's where your 400 Dartmouth students statistic is coming from?
what a crock.
Is there actually same-day registration in NH, by the way?
I thought there was a 10 day registration requirement.
Also, I thought the Supreme Court has ruled that states can only require that people have been in the state for 30 days, in order to vote.
Also, even if you could assume that every student has a driver's license, it is ridiculous to assume that every (or most) students have cars at all. How would they register vehicles they do not have?
People who move to reside here, work here, and base their families here are residents. Students who are financially dependent upon a mother and father who are resident in a different state, and who spend most of their non-school time at their parents residence, are not residents of NH UNLESS they obtain a NH drivers license and change the registration of their vehicles to NH within 60 days of any election. This is the standard that ALL same day registrants are supposed to be held to, not just students.
It is understandable that a student without a car would not register a non-existent car with the state. If they do have a car, however, they agree in their domicile affidavit (i.e. a contract) when they register same day (yes, we have same day registration here) to change both license and registration to NH within 60 days. If they do not, that is fraud. Quite clear.
We have documented that the authorities are violating election laws thusly:
a) threatening arrest of particular republican or libertarian election observers who contests a same day registration
b) teaching students how to fraudulently vote and avoid prosecution.
c) state university professors who are also elected officials collude in producing domicile affidavits for non-resident students
d) arresting third party ballot access petitioners who are lawfully petitioning on federal property/jurisdiction
e) refusing to return third party ballot access petitions even after the statutory deadline
f) allowing unknown individuals to steal ballot access petitions from city clerks offices in broad daylight
Moreover, Dartmouth College, as a NH corporation, has a legal obligation to cooperate with law enforcement in investigating criminal activity by students. Saying so is only an empty threat so long as law enforcement gets away with not investigating or prosecuting violators without the legislature taking action.
Dartmouth presumes to claim that it is an institution that teaches ethics to its students, particularly to its business school students, yet this is a case of 'do as I say, not as I do', as Dartmouth is clearly hiding behind one law to allow its charges to get away with criminal activity, like some educational Enron.
"Moreover, Dartmouth College, as a NH corporation, has a legal obligation to cooperate with law enforcement in investigating criminal activity by students."
You're a great libertarian, I must say.
You say: "We have documented that the authorities are violating election laws thusly: [a-f]"
Well, so where is your documentation?
I'm wondering why, if you're trying to promote your cause, you don't post it. You might have a good reason, but I'm suspicious.
I'm also assuming that are claiming other that you have documentation that *Dartmouth* has done a-f. No libertarian could hold Dartmouth responsible for what happened or might have happened at UNH.
"a) threatening arrest of particular republican or libertarian election observers who contests a same day registration"
On what basis was the republican or libertarian contesting the registration?
You just said there was same day registration.
How can you challenge someone on election day and say 'I am psychic and know the future. I know you won't change your vehicle registration in 60 days time from today.'
So what was the basis for the challenge?
"as Dartmouth is clearly hiding behind one law to allow its charges to get away with criminal activity"
Which law are they hiding behind, which you have curiously left unmentioned (as I assume it would not help your case).
Actually, it is clear to me that some, probably many, of the [a-f] complaints *have nothing at all to do with Dartmouth*.
I found this interesting:
http://www.sos.nh.gov/college.htm
YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE IS NOT AFFECTED BY WHERE YOU OBTAIN A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR REGISTER YOUR CAR. However, you may be subject to fines, administrative penalties, or loss of driving privileges under the motor vehicle laws if you establish legal domicile/residence in New Hampshire and fail, within 60 days, to obtain a New Hampshire license showing that address or if you fail, within 60 days, to register your car in New Hampshire at that address.
Establishing a voting domicile has the effect of also making that place your legal residence for many purposes including motor vehicle laws. Voting records will be routinely matched with motor vehicle department records to ensure valid information is provided in the voter registration process. Establishing a legal residence carries with it the duty to get a NH license if you are going to drive in NH and to register your vehicle here, if you have one, through that town/city. Failing to comply with these motor vehicle laws, however, will NOT affect your right to vote.
Changing your legal address may affect other legal interests. None of these changes affects your right to register and vote where you were domiciled prior to coming to college or your right to register and vote where you are domiciled while attending college, but changing your legal address can cause unrelated changes to things like...
Timothy, you seem to lack an understanding of both basic english as well as the law.
Firstly, as a libertarian, living under the system we do today, I first say no capricious enforcement. Secondly I say that government doesn't have the authority to do many of the things it does, so why should we let that government be used by those who will not bear the impact of the laws and politicians they vote for?
Despite your apparently limited education, libertarians are not for breaking the law, any law. We recognise the need for law, both public and private, and for law enforcement. What we dispute is that we need as many laws, many of which are entirely not authorized by the constitution or the common law. One law we would most definitely preserve and enforce strongly is election law. The sanctity of the ballot box is of utmost importance for a free society. The statist opposition sees it as the weak link for an entryist campaign of subversion of liberty.
Thirdly, ANY same day registrant can be challenged in their registration. Their vote still counts, but they will be stricken from the rolls at the least and prosecuted for vote fraud if they actually are not entitled to vote, if elected officials actually did their duty. It is the right of any resident to challenge the claim to residency of any other registered voter. One reason for this is because the number of voters on the rolls impacts the number of signatures that activists need on ballot petitions in order to get a candidate or a warrant on the ballot. Despite this, Hanover officials communicated a threat to one individual on November 1st that he would be arrested if he showed up at the polls and challenged same day registrants.
The piece from the secretary of state's site is par for the course. Democrat Bill Gardiner and his toady Bill Fitch see their main job as preserving NH's 'first in the nation' status, which means covering up and not prosecuting vote fraud (except of course if a republican does it).
As for singling Dartmouth out or holding it responsible for actions by other schools' officials, we are most definitely not doing that. The others just have not led with their chins so easily, to date.
The only "libertarian" response to any of this is to cut Dartmouth off and let it sink or float as a private institution.
Taxpayers are being forced to pay for something at gun point. It doesn't matter who or what or when so-called "voting" takes place, all those are secondary issues.
Stick to principle. It makes the issues much clearer and easier to articulate. If you want to embody that argument in this "voting", then demand a vote based upon your tax money being used, then state that if they were private they could do as they like.
"We control the state legislature"? Them's nasty words coming from someone who calls himself a "Libertarian". How dare you assert that you get to choose what gets done with other peoples money?
Curt, you are taking it too damn seriously. We held the protest on April 1 for a reason. Get a grip.
"Moreover, Dartmouth College, as a NH corporation, has a legal obligation to cooperate with law enforcement in investigating criminal activity by students.... Dartmouth is clearly hiding behind one law to allow its charges to get away with criminal activity, like some educational Enron."
And how has Dartmouth not cooperated with state law enforcement? How is the school "hiding" when no one of significance is after it? Have you written about some state voter fraud investigation that Dartmouth is stonewalling? Or do you speak for the police, making Dartmouth's rebuff of your requests for students' names counts as "hiding behind" a law?
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