Excuse Me, NH Senators
The auto response from the NH State Senators is hardly reasonable. Some presume to “face-palm” NH Constituents. In anticipation of an upcoming vote to impose law on NH citizens, the response to email requesting representation is an impersonal snub.For example: They auto respond that if you are not in their district, contact your own Senator.
This ought not be so. Senators make their policy and voting records known during campaigning and while executing their terms. They have the right to vote the way they want to. They were elected to office. My issue is not, as much, how they vote, but how they vote without any accountability to particular pieces of legislation, unless the communicant is in their own voting district.
Of course, I expect responses to voters. I also expect responses for those who will be impacted by a particular piece of legislation. I deserve to be addressed and so do you.
We adhere to the foundational premise of freedom in the US. NH, in particular, has motto of: Live Free or Die.
Yet our legislature passed a bill the infringes on our First Amendment Rights. The right to assemble and the right to speak freely have been abridged by this 2014 legislature.
Senate Bill 319, also known as, the Buffer Zone Bill, forbids people to enter or gather on the public sidewalk in front of abortion clinics.
We are not allowed to offer help to women. We may not get close enough to allow a victim of an abusive situation to reach out for help before a coerced abortion. We are not allowed to pray: to ask Almighty God to intervene in the lives of the people inside, to ask for his mercy on victims, to ask for His help to get out of bad situations, to ask for Him to send angels in to care for the souls of all, to be a ready hand in time of need.
Are they above reproach? Some of these Senators believe they are too insulated to respond to us when we ask for their opposition to traitorous acts, such as the Buffer Zone. An impersonal auto responder is ok for a stopgap, but NH Citizens should be acknowledged. If they are getting so much email that they cannot respond, perhaps it would be prudent to carefully consider whether they are on the right side, the side of the people.
When you think about who you are voting for, think about how they will represent you. Do you really want Legislators who will enact legislation that impacts the whole state, but will only be held accountable by their own voting constituents?