26-Request for Legislative Inquiry: Part I
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Sent July 11, 2026
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Bcc: Richard Ames, NH Bulletin, InDepth NH, Keene Sentinel, NHPR, Granite State News Collaborative, Monadnock Ledger Transcript, New England Press Association, Boston Globe, Who What Why
Concord Monitor received part 4 only, but has not requested other parts.
See link for Feb. 2016 article by WhyWhat Why that includes an interview with former Danville moderator Wally Fries. About seven months later, David Scanlan illegally interfered with the legal and constitutional duties of elected moderators. Neither Secretary of State nor the Attorney General stopped him. In five legislatives tries (2017-2026), the House or Senate Election Law Committees have failed to correct the "mistake." Scanlan or Gardner opposed it each time.
Can We Trust the NH Vote Count?
https://whowhatwhy.org/politics/elections/can-we-trust-the-new-hampshire-vote-count/
Sent July 11, 2026
To Legislative leaders, House Criminal Justice, House and Senate Judiciary, House and Senate Election Law Committees (members of media and citizens included as bccs)
Request for Legislative Inquiry:
Our state constitution protects citizens from the abuse of public trust evident in my investigation. We are HERE now because all three branches of government failed us.
An inquiry should answer these questions:
1. What happened?
2. Why and how did it happen?
3. Who needs to be held accountable and how?
4. What do each of the three branches need to do to TRY and prevent this from happening again?
The legislative inquiry into the Financial Resources Management scandal offers some guidance, but it needs to be better than that. Mark Connolly, former NH securities chief and author of Cover up considered it a whitewash, protecting the attorney general, the governor and the banking commissioner.
He showed a history of weak regulatory and enforcement actions, and the oversized influence of special interest lobbyists on policy making.
In his prologue, he wrote: “…political favors and ambitions can result in the failure of government, which in turn too often undermines the people it is supposed to serve.”
He recounts then Deputy Attorney General Bud Fitch asking him, in front of a witness, “Where do you want to be in five years?”
Below is my recent communication with Executive Councilors, the Public Integrity Unit, with bccs to the media. The timeline is SUPPLEMENTAL information, not previously shared with the PIU, the Final Statement to the Supreme Court and alleged communication from Gardner was included in documentation to support the perjury allegation.
I wlll be forwarding to you:
Part 2---what I sent the Public Integrity Unit on Dec. 22, 2025
Part 3—the May 8, 2026 perjury allegation, considered closed by the Attorney General. Since then Assistant Attorney General, now Deputy Secretary of State, Brendan 0’Donnell represented the Secretary of State and the Attorney General in the “Danville case,” an independent review is needed to determine whether a perjury charge against David Scanlan is warranted.
Thank you for your attention to this very important matter. Trust CAN be restored, but the parties have to want to do that. I have received no sign so far that any of the three branches truly care about public trust in our government.
Respectfully,
Deborah Sumner
Jaffrey, NH 03452
PS Please share this, along with Parts 2 and 3 with anyone you believe should have this information.
Begin forwarded message:From: Deborah SumnerSubject: Fwd: Dec. 22, 2025 Request for Investigation of violation of law by state officialDate: July 10, 2026 at 12:37:01 PM EDTTo: David.K...@nh.gov, karen.l...@nh.gov, John.A....@nh.gov, Janet.L...@nh.gov, Joseph....@nh.gov, Conni...@gc.nh.gov, Jim.Q...@gc.nh.gov, Richard AmesIf requested, I can send the documents submitted to the PIU. I have since gone through my court filings to try and make sense of what happened. It seems clear to ME that in my second case the AG (Anne Edwards was supervising Labonte) was trying to protect his client (Scanlan) from a perjury charge. It is NOT clear why the six judges (Superior and Supreme) just went along with this….I hope someone receiving this also wonders why.Debbie SumnerAttachments: Timeline as of July 7, 2026the alleged response from William Gardner that the Cheshire Superior judge relied on in both the 2012 and 2014 cases (probably the words of David Scanlan)my final statement to the court on learning there would be no oral argument.See Exhibit B. Less than 6 months later, Scanlan took an illegal action against the then Derry moderator saying she and other moderators didn’t have the authority to do what the late Danville moderator and other had done previously and neither William Gardner nor the attorney general stopped him.This relates to the May 8, 2026 allegation of a second perjury charge. See p. 16 of the timeline for how the PIU dealt with that. Then Assistant AG, now Deputy Secretary of State Brendan O’Donnell represented the SoS and AG in “the Danville case,” which resulted in an October 2024 opinion.If requested, can forward that file to you since that question is now “closed” according to the AG.In November of 2024, the Attorney General threatened a moderator who planned to do this quality control check with arrest and committing a crime…..and the story continues.
Begin forwarded message:From: Deborah SumnerSubject: Re: Dec. 22, 2025 Request for Investigation of violation of law by state officialDate: July 10, 2026 at 12:05:26 PM EDTTo: inves...@doj.nh.gov, ALEXANDER.J...@doj.nh.gov, "ChongYen, Nicholas" <Nicholas...@doj.nh.gov>, "Boffetti, James" <James.T....@doj.nh.gov>Cc: karen.l...@nh.gov, David.K...@nh.gov, John.A....@nh.gov, Janet.L...@nh.gov, Joseph....@nh.gov, Jim.Q...@gc.nh.gov, Conni...@gc.nh.gov, Richard AmesTo the Public Integrity Unit, Members of the Executive Council, legislators and members of the mediaSince the Public Integrity Unit has not indicated it is willing to investigate the alleged perjury charge, I am guessing it is okay now to make the supporting documents public.That will allow a full investigation by an independent legislative inquiry or other group, similar possibly to the inquiry after the Financial Resources Mortgage scandal broke after 2009.I remain open to an informal resolution as I was in Oct. 2012.AG Formella and Governor Ayottte have not responded to that option.Oct. 3, 2012 Request of AG Delaney for investigation (see above questions, ending: “I would support a `truth and reconciliation’ initiative, where people are given immunity from prosecution in exchange for full disclosure of what happened in that election so we can prevent it from happening again. It is likely, however, that some people will need to resign from positions of public trust.”
All of you should be able to access my Nov. 27, 2017 communication to then AG Gordon MacDonald and others, including Anne Edwards, by submitting a public record’s request of the AG in which I reported the reason Scanlan and Fitch had requested the exemption (discovered in 2003 legislation for a different HAVA-required bill, HB 577, NOT the one that exempted ballots, HB 627)….because a Superior court judge had granted access because they were not exempted.Or I will I forward it to anyone if requested.It is not MY choice that this has now become public. It is AG Formella and Gov. Ayotte’s choice. It is also Gordon MacDonald’s and Anne Edwards’ choice because it SHOULD have been dealt with when I reported it to them and others in November 2017. I received no response.Respectfully,Deborah SumnerJaffrey, NHPS I will follow up with an email to those copied on this. Members of the media are receiving bccs.On Jun 8, 2026, at 10:47 AM, Deborah Sumner wrote:I’m guessing the AG is choosing to ignore this. Could you just send me some response to say that you aren’t going to deal with this? Just basic human decency of a response, please.
On May 22, 2026, at 10:20 AM, Deborah Sumner wrote:
Link to Protection Reflex illustration, See Chapter 4 in this link.
https://johnrbrakey.substack.com/p/cassandra-syndrome-part-iii-the-system