Londonderry Election Guide 2012

There are many decisions for you to make in the General Election on Nov. 6. To help guide you, here is a Patch primer on local voting issues and candidates.

The polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Londonderry High School gym, located at 295 Mammoth Road.

Voting

Click here for the Secretary of State's explainer on the new Voter ID law. It is also attached here as a PDF document. The U.S. Attorney has also announced an Election Day Hotline for New Hampshire to report any information about discrimination or election fraud on Nov. 6.

Races:

(Click the candidate's name link for their bio/profile)

President

• Gary Johnson, Libertarian
• Barack Obama, Democrat
• Mitt Romney, Republican
• Virgil Goode, Constitution

State Senate District 14

• Sharon M. Carson, R
• Katherine Messner, D
• Richard B. Kahn, L

House of Representatives, District 5 (7 seats)

• Al Baldasaro, R
• Frank R. Emiro Sr., R
• Robert Introne, R
• David C. Lundgren, R
• Betsy McKinney, R
• Sherman Packard, R
• Daniel Tamburello, R
• Edward Combes, D
• Miranda Fairbrother, D
• Bryan Merrill, D
• Gary Vermillion, D
• Lisa I. Whittemore, D

NH Governor

• Maggie Hassan, D
• Ovide Lamontagne, R
• John Babiarz, L

1st Congressional District

• Frank C. Guinta, R
• Carol Shea-Porter, D
• Brendan Kelly, L

NH Executive Council, District 4

• Kenneth E. Blevens

Rockingham County Attorney

• Jim Reams, R
• Joe Plaia, D
• Max Abramson, L

Rockingham County Sheriff

• Michael Downing, R
• John Clark, D

Rockingham County Treasurer

• Edward R. Buck, R
• David E. Ahearn, D

Rockingham County Register of Deeds

• Cathy Stacey, R
• Robert E. Padian, D

Rockingham County Register of Probate

• Andrew Christie, R
• Debra E. Crapo, D

Rockingham County Commissioner

• Kevin L. Coyle, R
• Bob Davidson, D

Ballot Questions

Constitutional Amendments Proposed by the 2012 General Court:

1.  “Are you in favor of amending the second part of the constitution by inserting after article 5-b a new article to read as follows: [Art.] 5-c. [Income Tax Prohibited.] Notwithstanding any general or special provision of this constitution, the general court shall not have the power or authority to impose and levy any assessment, rate, or tax upon income earned by any natural person; however, nothing in this Article shall be construed to prohibit any tax in effect January 1, 2012, or adjustment to the rate of such a tax.” (Passed by the N.H. House 256 Yes 110 No; Passed by State Senate 19 Yes 4 No) CACR 13 Yes/No
2. “Are you in favor of amending article 73-a of the second part of the constitution to read as follows: [Art.] 73-a [Supreme Court, Administration.] The chief justice of the supreme court shall be the administrative head of all the courts. The chief justice shall, with the concurrence of a majority of the supreme court justices, make rules governing the administration of all courts in the state and the practice and procedure to be followed in all such courts. The rules so promulgated shall have the force and effect of law. The legislature shall have a concurrent power to regulate the same matters by statute. In the event of a conflict between a statute and a court rule, the statute, if not otherwise contrary to this constitution, shall prevail over the rule.” (Passed by the N.H. House 242 Yes 96 No; Passed by State Senate 19 Yes 5 No) CACR 26 Yes/No
3. Question Proposed pursuant to Part II, Article 100 of the New Hampshire Constitution. “Shall there be a convention to amend or revise the constitution?”  Yes/No

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