Fri Nov 30, 2012 at 04:00 PM PST
Drama in New Hampshire, update from Canada
by rserven
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/30/1166044/-Drama-in-New-Hampshire-update-from-CanadaAs reported earlier this month New Hampshire voters chose the first openly transgender state legislator, Stacie Laughton of Nashua, who represents Ward 4 . That didn't sit well with some apparently so the Laconia, NH Daily Sun dug into her past and discovered that prior to her transition, she served 4 and a half months of 2008 in jail on a felony conviction of conspiracy to commit credit card fraud.
She was also convicted of tire slashing and at one point reportedly admitted she faked illness to gain an ambulance ride from Weirs Beach back to the heart of Laconia.
Neither of those latter incidents were felonies of course.
According to NH State law convicted felons can vote and run for public office as long as they are not incarcerated and have successfully completed any court-ordered probation.
