PETE BIELLO: Welcome to All Things Considered.
EMMETT SOLDATI: Thank you. Happy to be here.
BIELLO: In a minute, how would you summarize why you re the best person to lead the New Hampshire Democratic Party?
SOLDATI: Yeah, I think that our party has really grown a lot over the last several years, decades. And we recognize that there are so many voices within our party that I really think have common shared goals, whether the sort of specific goals of electing Democratic majorities in our state House or state Senate - to the top of the ticket, to advancing very real policy objectives that improve the lives and the lived experience of folks, no matter where they live in New Hampshire. And it means at this moment, in order to build on a wide range of voices and folks that have been active in our party for generations, like my parents to folks who had just found their way to the party more recently, we need a strategy that doesn t just speak to one facet or aspect of the party, but
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Listen to NHPR s Casey McDermott talk with All Things Considered Host Peter Biello about some of the Republican-backed election bills up for debate in the State House this year.
Peter Biello: What kind of issues were on the table today?
Casey McDermott: As you know, voting battles have been front and center at the State House in recent years. And in particular, Republicans, when in power, have pushed for new restrictions, in some cases fueled by unsubstantiated cries of fraud in the 2016 and 2020 elections.
So, that s the backdrop for the hearings today in the House Election Law Committee. They heard two kinds of broad categories of bills. On one hand, there were a few that were targeting pretty explicitly the voting rights of college students. And then, on the other hand, there were bills taking aim at people who lack paperwork when registering to vote, which, of course, could include college students, but also potentially lots of other residents.