MVDC Actions - Week of 05/03/2026
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We need to challenge all 3 NH District 42 House Reps
Lee Nyquist from New Boston is running but we need 2 more candidates.
Interested OR know someone who is (or should be)?
Protest Opportunities
This Week’s KSC Legislative Visibilities
COMMITTEE VOTE IN RE: REP. TRAVIS CORCORAN
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6th
1:15 PM
1 Granite Place, Room 235, Concord
Even though no public testimony will be taken, a strong public presence sends a clear message: hate and intimidation have no place in our legislature. Please join us to demand real and meaningful accountability.
Oppose The Free State Agenda
Anti-Trans Bathroom Bills, Book Bans, Attacks on Public Education
THURSDAY, MAY 7th
8:00 AM - 10:10 AM
State House, Concord
We will begin outside and then move upstairs to be present by the Reps Hall and the Senate Chamber
Join us. Hold signs we provide, or bring your own!
NH HOUSE AND SENATE FLOOR SESSIONS
THURSDAY May 7th
The action is now shifting to full House and Senate floor sessions. Both chambers will take up all remaining bills ahead of the May 14 deadline. Both the House and Senate will be in session this Thursday, May 7.
While you can’t just sign in and register your opinion for these sessions, you can email our representative.
In the NH House
SB603: relative to the funding of the SNAP program by the department of health and human services.
Click the link to email our representatives to tell them to keep SNAP funded. Use the embedded text or write your own.
No one should go hungry in the Granite State.
In the NH Senate
Eight bills we oppose will come before the Senate on Thursday: Education (4), Judiciary (3), and one Ways and Means (1).
Take just a few minutes to write to Senator Ricciardi to let her know where you stand. You can use this email or write your own.
To: Denise.Ricciardi@gc.nh.gov
Subject: Constituent Opposes HB1268 (as amended), HB1817, HB1358, HB1792, HB1217, HB1299, and HB1447, and HB155
Dear Senator Ricciardi
I am one of your constituents writing to urge you to oppose a number of bills that are expected to come before the Senate this week.
EDUCATION
HB1268 (as amended) and HB1817 would expand voucher benefits at property taxpayers’ expense. The bills would require public schools to offer voucher students enrollment in classes and participation in after-school activities, free of charge. Since the State doesn’t send funds to public schools on behalf of voucher students, local property taxpayers would be left footing the bill for any additional costs of providing these opportunities. HB1268 would also modify the structure and administration of home education programs, making it very difficult to determine whether a “home-educated” child is actually being educated as required by law.
HB1358 envisions transitioning all public schools to public charter schools. It’s an attack on the entire concept of public education.
HB1792 is unconstitutional and would result in wasted resources fighting the inevitable court challenges.
JUDICIARY
HB1217, HB1299, and HB1447 are all variations on the anti-transgender theme. The legislature has already spent a significant amount of time solving a nonexistent issue. Residents deserve to have their elected representatives solving real problems that affect Granite Staters every day, like skyrocketing property taxes.
WAYS AND MEANS
HB155 would again reduce the BET. At a time when property taxes are going through the roof, our elected officials should be giving property tax relief to working Granite State families instead of out-of-state billion-dollar corporations!
Thank you very much for your consideration on these bills.
Sincerely,
Mont Vernon, NH
Additional NH Actions You Can Take
Email House Election Law Committee BY TUESDAY
From our friends at:
1. OPPOSE SB 223—Another Bill Attacking Student Voters
SB223 would ban student IDs from being used as photo identification to obtain a ballot. A nearly identical bill, HB323, has already been signed into law and will take effect on June 2—prohibiting the use of student IDs both for voter registration and at the polls on Election Day. Given that, the logical next step would be to kill SB 223.
However, the bill’s introduction signals continued efforts in the wrong direction. When Senator Victoria Sullivan introduced SB 223 on March 31, she urged committee members to “put some teeth in it,” noting that HB 323 would likely be signed first.
Before the committee votes on Tuesday, remind them of these facts—and make it clear that the Granite State should be welcoming young people, not casting them as suspicious or unwelcome participants in our democracy.
Click here to email the committee urging them to KILL SB223
2. SUPPORT SB438
SB438 is the Senate version of HB1600, which was tabled in the Senate.
It would allow supervisors of the checklist, with a voter’s consent, to check existing state records to confirm certain registration qualifications (i.e., age, citizenship, identity, or domicile) if someone is missing paperwork.
In other words, it uses information voters have already submitted to other state agencies—like the DMV or Division of Vital Records—so they don’t have to track down and bring those documents again.
The bill is a direct response to the negative impacts of HB 1569 we’ve seen at the polls, where at least 319 voters have been turned away since it took effect in 2024.
Click here to email the committee urging them to PASS SB438
3. SUPPORT SB660
Currently, to access a free voter photo-ID voucher in NH, your name must already appear on the voter checklist. But to get on the checklist in the first place, you need an ID—creating a catch-22 for first-time voters, whether they’ve just turned 18 or recently moved to the state.
SB660 fixes this with a simple language change, replacing "listed on the voter checklist" with "proof of domicile." This small but important update ensures no eligible voter is denied their right to cast a ballot, and that they are able to do so at no additional cost.
This fix is especially important ahead of HB 323 taking effect on June 2nd, which will ban student IDs from being used for voting purposes and make access to alternative forms of ID even more critical.
Additional Federal Actions You Can Take
Trump and Nuclear Weapons
From our friends at:
With no end in sight for the American-Israeli war against Iran, our president has become more desperate in his rhetoric and more confused about his strategic goals. A frightening possibility is that President Trump or Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu will use a nuclear weapon against the Iranian people. To ensure that this red line is not crossed, please contact your US Senators and Congressional Representative and make the following requests:
Insist that the president publicly promise not to order the use of any nuclear weapons against Iran
Demand that the president publicly state that if Israel uses a first-strike nuclear weapon against Iran, America will immediately halt all military aid to Israel
Ask your members of Congress to help organize a Congressional vote to halt America’s attack on Iran as an unnecessary act of war not approved by Congress.
SENATOR SHAHEEN 1-202-224-2841
SENATOR HASSAN 1-202-224-3324
REP. GOODLANDER 1-202-225-5206