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By order of November 26, 2007, after a merits hearing, this Court found unconstitutional the Party Access to Voter information Act, Section 46 of RSA 654, That Act amended RSA 654, Voters and Checklists, effective July l8, 2007, to authorize the Secretary of State to provide a political party, for a fee, with the name, address, gender, birth year, voter history, and party affiliation of every registered voter in the state. The definition of "party” effectively limited access to such voter information to the two major political parties — The Democratic Party and the Republican Party. The Libertarian Party of New Hampshire, a so—called "minor party,” instituted this litigation and was ultimately successful in obtaining a declaratory ruling that the statute is unconstitutional.