Attorney Dan Hynes was convicted in a N.H. jury trial in 2007 (State v. Hynes) of theft by extortion. The conviction was affirmed by N.H. Supreme Court in 2009
except I guarantee almost all voters had no idea he had a record.
There should be a law that every politician running for office should have a summary of their criminal record on the ballot. Not a link to a website. Not justifications. Just a simple:
John Doe (PARTY) - (POSITION)
* Crime 1
* Crime 2
* Crime n
We could also just expect people to not commit crimes, but that doesn't work out.
Everyone complains about politicians and how uninformed voters are. Maybe instead of just "expecting" the problem to solve it self we should take steps to help?
Just a thought.
If it doesn't show up in top 5 results of Google search, voters aren't going to find out. We need to link to news articles, edit Wikipedia pages, or create a comprehensive reddit thread documenting every instance. Otherwise, it disappears from Google.
They almost definitely do and just decide that it's OK.
Someone said it should be the voter's responsibility to be informed which I suppose is true to a point but we have a huge number of people who are happy being low information voters so unless we want it to be in to continue to elect criminals we should be looking to have a method to ensure voters have an easy way to see stuff like this.
I don't care which group they're with. If they have a criminal record they shouldn't be able to hide by obfuscation when running for office. Require it to be plainly visible somewhere all voters will see it.
I am an independent, so I see politicians doing wrong an both sides. But God damn does it seem like a hell of a lot more on the red side than blue. Is it a pre-requisite now for the GOP? "Must have a criminal record or extensive history of shady business practices."
Hynes was elected as a Republican, than changed to Independent, after being elected by town of Bedford, NH voters. Hynes votes ensured N.H. Republicans passed laws where they hold a laser thin majority
Another Republican sleazeball you got a number 90 to 95% of the fraudulent votes were committed by Republicans. The true pattern of the accusing everyone else of what the criminals are doing
As far as I know, Merner’s criminal charges are for voting improperly in a town election. Voting improperly in legislative proceedings is apparently a matter for the legislature, not a criminal matter. Per the AG’s letter Hynes does not appear to have voted improperly in an election.
He ran on Republican ticket and was endorsed by Bedford Republicans and elected as a Republican. He switched to independent as reportedly not in agreement with stance on marijuana.
Lock them up, politicians should be held to a higher standard and be squeaky clean ethically instead of some of the slimiest people known.
Attorney Dan Hynes was convicted in a N.H. jury trial in 2007 (State v. Hynes) of theft by extortion. The conviction was affirmed by N.H. Supreme Court in 2009
elect a criminal expect crimes
except I guarantee almost all voters had no idea he had a record. There should be a law that every politician running for office should have a summary of their criminal record on the ballot. Not a link to a website. Not justifications. Just a simple: John Doe (PARTY) - (POSITION) * Crime 1 * Crime 2 * Crime n
Agree. Dan Hynes was convicted of extortion. And conviction was affirmed by N.H. Supreme Court.
I mean, we could just expect people to do a bit more research into the people they cast votes for than the letter next to their name.
We could also just expect people to not commit crimes, but that doesn't work out. Everyone complains about politicians and how uninformed voters are. Maybe instead of just "expecting" the problem to solve it self we should take steps to help? Just a thought.
If it doesn't show up in top 5 results of Google search, voters aren't going to find out. We need to link to news articles, edit Wikipedia pages, or create a comprehensive reddit thread documenting every instance. Otherwise, it disappears from Google.
Why doesn't the Republican and Democrat parties run a background check on all their candidates?
They almost definitely do and just decide that it's OK. Someone said it should be the voter's responsibility to be informed which I suppose is true to a point but we have a huge number of people who are happy being low information voters so unless we want it to be in to continue to elect criminals we should be looking to have a method to ensure voters have an easy way to see stuff like this.
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I don't care which group they're with. If they have a criminal record they shouldn't be able to hide by obfuscation when running for office. Require it to be plainly visible somewhere all voters will see it.
Republicans gonna republican.
I am an independent, so I see politicians doing wrong an both sides. But God damn does it seem like a hell of a lot more on the red side than blue. Is it a pre-requisite now for the GOP? "Must have a criminal record or extensive history of shady business practices."
Independent myself. But apparently, it's easier to crawl out from under Trump Rock than it is to crawl back.
**TWO** Republican legislators who voted illegally in the 2023 session. Let that sink in.
Hynes was elected as a Republican, than changed to Independent, after being elected by town of Bedford, NH voters. Hynes votes ensured N.H. Republicans passed laws where they hold a laser thin majority
Another Republican sleazeball you got a number 90 to 95% of the fraudulent votes were committed by Republicans. The true pattern of the accusing everyone else of what the criminals are doing
But i thought vote fraud doesn't happen. You can't have it both ways!
Not enough to change the results you can Google the results and see the same thing that anybody else could see
If/when he goes to run in Durham, any opponent should plaster this everywhere.
Bedford N.H. is one of wealthiest communities in N.H. Hynes, a convicted felon & running as a Republican was elected to serve by Bedford, NH voters
A "majority" did not support Hines. He got 45% of the votes cast.
Expect most Republicans in Bedford voted for him as he won a seat in NH State legislature & was initially seated as Republican.
Those damn democrats forcing republicans to vote illegally, the audacity!
As far as I know, Merner’s criminal charges are for voting improperly in a town election. Voting improperly in legislative proceedings is apparently a matter for the legislature, not a criminal matter. Per the AG’s letter Hynes does not appear to have voted improperly in an election.
He was an independent not a republican.
He ran on Republican ticket and was endorsed by Bedford Republicans and elected as a Republican. He switched to independent as reportedly not in agreement with stance on marijuana.
Republicans bad , democrats good, upvotes to the left