Maggie Hassan on Government Reform

Create commission on Government Innovation & Accountability

To encourage this process, I will soon be issuing an executive order to create a Commission on Government Innovation, Efficiency and Accountability. The commission will be charged with making recommendations to modernize state government for the 21st century, and it will include members from the business community and non-profit sector to determine how we can improve services by working together.

In addition, this budget creates the Office of Innovation and Efficiency at the Department of Administrative Services, which will lead the effort to implement commission recommendations and work with state agencies on developing transparent performance measurements.

Opposed Photo ID for Voting

This bill requires a voter to present photographic identification or a voter affidavit to obtain a ballot. The bill establishes an exception to the identification requirement for persons personally known to certain election officials.

• The ballot clerk shall require the person desiring to vote to furnish a state or federal government-issued photo identification to verify the person's identity, or
• the voter shall be permitted to submit an affidavit stating that:
• "I have not been issued an identification card by a state or federal government or I have lost possession of such an identification within the past 14 days."
• If a person desiring to vote states that he or she does not have a sufficient identification, but such person is personally known to any of the city or town clerks as a person qualified to vote at such location, such person shall not be refused a ballot for lack of identification.