Kate Miller: Voting starts with understanding endorsement process

To The Daily Sun,

It is important to find out the background of those endorsing colleagues for re-election to the State House. Most recently, in this paper, Rep. Douglas Trottier (R, Belmont) made public his endorsement of Rep. Tim Lang (R, Sanbornton) in Rep. Lang's primary bid for a State Senate seat.

Did you know that Rep. Trottier voted to allow pharmacists to dispense ivermectin to treat COVID and voted against adding both dental and prenatal services to Medicaid coverage?

Regarding election security, Rep. Trottier was in favor of a forensic audit of Merrimack County's presidential vote count and only supports paper absentee ballots when the voter cannot make it to the polls. I have a friend who has consistently received her paper absentee ballot too late to return it before the election; just one reason alternatives must be available. And for some reason, Rep. Trottier believes absentee ballots must have a notation as to the date on which they were received, just in case someone can prove some irregularity.

We must all do our due diligence when making choices about voting preferences. That includes looking into the backgrounds of individuals and groups making candidate endorsements so as not to be swayed by a title or a slogan.

This election cycle is one to prove we can conduct fair and unimpeded elections and can count the votes without prejudice. That process starts with understanding the endorsement process.

Kate Miller

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