MANCHESTER, N.H.- A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice against the Granite State in which the federal government demanded access to New Hampshire’s voter registration database.
On Monday Judge Joseph Laplante issued his 26-page ruling in which he called the suit invalid and ruled that New Hampshire’s voter database was not a record that the state could be forced to turn over.
Out of the decision Secretary of State David Scan said he’s “committed to protecting the private information of New Hampshire voters to the fullest extent required by law.” and went issued the following statement:
“Today’s court order affirms that I fulfilled that commitment by upholding New Hampshire law and safeguarding your private information from disclosure; I want to thank the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office for successfully getting this lawsuit dismissed on behalf of my office and New Hampshire voters.”
Monday’s decision comes coincidentally on the same day the U.S. Supreme court issued a ruling that upholds state law allowing for late-arriving mail in ballot.
