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Name
  
Bill Gardner

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Governor
  
Meldrim Thomson, Jr.Hugh GallenVesta M. RoyJohn H. SununuJudd GreggSteve MerrillJeanne ShaheenCraig BensonJohn LynchMaggie Hassan

Born
  
October 26, 1948 (age 76) Manchester, New Hampshire,U.S. (
1948-10-26
)

Alma mater
  
University of New Hampshire,DurhamHarvard UniversityLondon School of EconomicsUniversity of North Carolina,Greensboro

Office
  
New Hampshire Secretary of State since 1976

Education
  
London School of Economics and Political Science

William M. "Bill" Gardner (born October 26, 1948) is the current Secretary of State of New Hampshire. He is in charge of the department that oversees all general elections, primary elections, voter registration and recounts within the state, including the New Hampshire primary. He currently serves as the Vice-Chair of the Public Advisory Board at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College.

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Career in politics

He began his career in New Hampshire politics as a state representative and was elected Secretary of State in 1976 by the state legislature. He has been kept in office by both Democratic and Republican legislatures since then. He is the longest currently-serving Secretary of State in the United States.

Gardner has taken the lead in New Hampshire's policy towards "100% Paper Ballot" elections, in contrast to some states that use computerized voting systems without paper records of each vote.

A strong supporter of New Hampshire's standing as the 'first in the nation' primary state, Gardner wrote Why New Hampshire with the late former Governor Hugh Gregg in October 2003, detailing the history and significance of the New Hampshire Primary. He also appears in Winning New Hampshire, released in 2004. As New Hampshire's Secretary of State, he described the principal charge as "protecting the sanctity of New Hampshire’s status as first to hold a full-fledged primary".

References

Bill Gardner (politician) Wikipedia


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