“I will be asking the attorney general’s office for their input,” Secretary of State David Scanlan told the Globe. “And ultimately whatever is decided is probably going to require some judicial input.”

A debate among constitutional scholars over former president Donald Trump’s eligibility for the 2024 presidential race has reverberated through the public consciousness in recent weeks and reached the ears of New Hampshire’s top election official.

Secretary of State David Scanlan, who will oversee the first-in-the-nation presidential primary in just five months, said he’s received several letters lately that urge him to take action based on a legal theory that claims the Constitution empowers him to block Trump from the ballot.

Scanlan, a Republican, said he’s listening and will seek legal advice to ensure that his team thoroughly understands the arguments at play.

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    Things have been getting bad for a while now. While I’m the first to suggest compromise to achieve mutual goals… theres no point when only one side is willing to bend. Extremists are going to go to extremes no matter what we do, might as well rip the band-aid off and actually start making a difference.

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      Do you think there are 80 million extremists in the US?

      Does that really make any sense to you?

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        Yes. It makes sense. I am a former evangelical Christian, and yes, they are passive extremists. Passive, as in only a handful are dumb enough to take up arms, and extremists, insofar as they will allow, encourage, or justify horrors if it achieves their ends.

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          Do you consider all people with faith extremists? Jews and Muslims? Along with Christian’s?

          That sounds like a problematic view of faith to me. A bigoted one, even