Pro-Palestine Activists Urge New Hampshire Voters To Write In 'Cease-Fire'

President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Oct. 18, 2023. Handout/Anadolu/Getty Images MANCHESTER, N.H. ― A group of progressive activists have launched a last-minute effort to protest President Joe Biden’s lockstep support of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, encouraging voters to write in “cease-fire” on their New Hampshire presidential primary ballots. “The New Hampshire presidential primary gives New Hampshire voters some level of responsibility and some level of agency to make their concerns known through their vote.” - Andru Volinsky, former member of the New Hampshire Executive Council But recognizing that Biden would still need representation in the state’s elections, a group of New Hampshire Democrats have organized a well-funded campaign to get registered Democrats and independents to write in his name on the ballot. “The New Hampshire presidential primary gives New Hampshire voters some level of responsibility and some level of agency to make their concerns known through their vote,” Volinsky said. There was some concern initially that the New Hampshire secretary of state’s office might not tally all of the write-in votes with the word “cease-fire,” since it is not the name of an individual person.