Victories '07
DRAFT -- I never seem to get around to prettying this up!
Here are some of the victories for liberty scored in New Hampshire in 2007.
Seat Belts
The authoritarians did it again: they tried to pass a mandatory seat belt law in New Hampshire. Fortunately, the nanny-staters were not
New Hampshire remains the only state in Union without mandatory adult seat belts. As always, the Federal government sent bureaucrats with offers of millions of dollars and snazzy PowerPoint presentation. As before, bipartisan opposition, and a healthy kick from the NH Liberty Alliance, killed that Federal effort.
Opted out of real-id HB695
civil unions
4 states in union, only 1 without lawsuit
http://www.generalcourt.org/bills/2007/HB437-FN-L
CACR18 defeat
major blow to Governor
school is NOT mandatory to age 18
SB41 - mixed bag, but includes
The use of automated number plate scanning devices is prohibited except for EZpass
http://generalcourt.org/bills/2007/hb718
Committee to study privatization or outsourcing of public services that would otherwise be delivered by state employees
HB48 - 3rd party ballot access
+ preserved "fusion" ticket
HB628 killed (establishing the New Hampshire Rx advantage program and continually appropriating a special fund)
libertarians in local office
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