NASHUA – Expect a few more changes in Ward 4 related to Stacie Laughton’s eligibility to run for state representative.
On Thursday, the city’s legal department sent letters to Stacie and ex-wife Lisa Laughton, notifying them they can no longer serve as city selectmen, City Clerk Paul Bergeron said.
“Our legal department confirmed that the opinion of the attorney general, relative to Stacie Laughton’s eligibility to serve as state representative, also applied to her eligibility to serve as a selectmen,” Bergeron said Thursday.
Selectmen assist at Nashua’s polling places by working the checklist table, or sorting, packing or sealing ballots, among other tasks.
At issue, since November, has been Laughton’s criminal record. Laughton made history as the first openly transgendered person elected as a lawmaker in New Hampshire when she won a state representative seat to represent Ward 4 on Nov. 6. She gave up the post nearly three weeks later, before taking office, faced with questions about several felonies she committed in Laconia under the name Barry Charles Laughton Jr.
State law prohibits convicted felons from running for or holding office until their final discharge from prison.![]()
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