Michael Drouin, 30, of Merrimack pleaded guilty Monday to creating a false document after a flood of unwanted calls and texts jammed up the candidate’s cellphone.
That’s just a misdemeanor, but it still disenfranchises Drouin. Under the New Hampshire Constitution, anyone convicted of a willful violation of the state’s election laws loses their right to vote in the state.
“Mr. Drouin has no right to vote in New Hampshire for federal, state, or local elections,” Matthew Conley, assistant attorney general, said in an email. The special election was held in April 2021 to replace Republican New Hampshire House Speaker Dick Hinch, who died of COVID-19 in December 2020. The attorney general’s office said Drouin’s actions could have cost Boyd the election and violates the law.
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