Deborah Sumner v. New Hampshire Secretary of State

The plaintiff, Deborah Sumner, appeals an order of the Superior Court (Kissinger, J.) upholding the denial, by the defendant, the New Hampshire Secretary of State, of her Right-to-Know Law request, and granting the defendant’s motion for summary judgment. Sumner sought to inspect ballots cast in the town of Jaffrey during the 2012 general election. The defendant denied her request, citing RSA 659:95, II (Supp. 2015), which exempts ballots which have been cast from the Right-to-Know Law. On appeal, Sumner argues that RSA 659:95, II, along with RSA 660:16, II (2008) and RSA 669:33, II (2008)…