Supreme Court allows New Hampshire to fully ban student IDs for voting in midterms
Summary
The U.S. Supreme Court allowed New Hampshire to stop accepting student IDs for voting in the upcoming midterm elections. The Court blocked a lower court’s order that had allowed student IDs as backup identification, citing the need to avoid changing voting rules close to Election Day.Key Facts
- New Hampshire passed a law banning student IDs as a form of voter identification in 2026.
- The state’s secretary of state issued rules preventing student IDs from being used even as backup ID.
- A judge initially blocked the state’s rule but did not cancel the law.
- The Supreme Court sided with New Hampshire, allowing the ban on student IDs to stand.
- Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the only justice to disagree publicly.
- The decision came less than two weeks before New Hampshire’s midterm election.
- The Republican National Committee supported New Hampshire’s appeal.
- The Court’s ruling was based on the idea that making changes to voting rules right before an election can cause problems.
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