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Opinion of the Justices (Voting Age in Primaries), 2008-292 (N.H. S.Ct., May. 19, 2008)

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Topics: Pt. I Art. 11, Pt. I Art. 28-a, Voting Age

Case Information
Document Type: 
Opinion
Case name: 
Opinion of the Justices (Voting Age in Primaries)
Docket Number: 
2008-292
Date: 
May 19 2008
Justice: 
Advisory Opinion
Jurisdiction: 
N.H. S.Ct.

We have been asked to give our opinion on two questions: first, whether enactment of SB 436 would “violate Part I, Article 11 of the Constitution of New Hampshire,” and second, whether enactment of SB 436 would “violate Part I, Article 28-a, of the Constitution of New Hampshire.” We answer the first question in the affirmative and the second question in the negative. Although those submitting memoranda address the issue, we have not been asked and therefore do not opine upon whether SB 436 infringes upon the associational rights of political parties guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.