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Swordsmyth
03-14-2018, 04:49 PM
Colin Van Ostern, the failed 2016 Democratic nominee for New Hampshire governor, announced his intention this week to unseat a fellow Democrat for collaborating with the Trump administration to prevent voter fraud.
Van Ostern officially launched his campaign against the state's top election official, Secretary of State Bill Gardner, invoking the latter's participation in President Donald Trump's defunct voter fraud commission as a rallying call, the Concord Monitor reported (http://www.concordmonitor.com/Van-Ostern-to-challenge-Bill-Gardner-for-Secretary-of-State-16187675) Tuesday.
On Wednesday, in a tweet announcing his candidacy, Van Ostern said he was running to "protect voting rights," "fight back against false attacks" by Trump, and protect New Hampshire's elections.

It's time to elect New Hampshire's first new Secretary of State in 44 years—and I'm ready to run.
To protect voting rights, to fight back against the false attacks from our President, and to protect our elections, we need your help.
Stand with me: https://t.co/WcGLGrZb1h pic.twitter.com/MYHKEPQPXe (https://t.co/MYHKEPQPXe)
— Colin Van Ostern (@ColinVanOstern) March 14, 2018 (https://twitter.com/ColinVanOstern/status/973903905808674816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Van Ostern's website, although never mentioning Gardner by name, offers a searing indictment of the man he hopes to succeed. The website states that the only way "protect and strengthen free and fair" elections in New Hampshire is by ensuring the election of a new secretary of state.
Gardner has served as secretary of state since 1976, becoming the face of New Hampshire's first in the nation presidential primary. The secretary of state is elected by a majority of the state legislature, currently under Republican control. Gardner, who has been returned to office overwhelmingly by both parties, is generally seen as a fair and competent administrator.
In recent years, Gardner has angered progressive Democrats for accepting an appointment to Trump's now-defunct voter fraud commission. Garnder has also backed legislation by Republican lawmakers to ensure that individuals voting in New Hampshire are legal residents of the state. Democrats lambasted (https://thinkprogress.org/new-hampshire-student-voting-312061e51f13/) the proposal, stating its intention was to disenfranchise college students–those who live out of state but study in New Hampshire–from voting.

More at: http://freebeacon.com/politics/new-hampshire-democrats-want-unseat-dem-secretary-state-voter-fraud-prevention-efforts/