Supreme Court allows New Hampshire to bar student IDs for voting
The Supreme Court issued a ruling on Thursday, letting New Hampshire prohibit voters from using student identification cards to prove their identities before casting ballots in the midterm elections.
TL;DR
- The Supreme Court ruled that New Hampshire can prohibit the use of student identification cards for voter identification.
- This decision overturns a federal judge's order that had blocked the enforcement of the state's law.
- The Supreme Court reasoned that lower federal courts should generally not change election rules close to an election.
- Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the sole dissenter, arguing for the importance of clear federal court orders regarding electoral processes, especially with an election looming.
- The law was challenged by the Coalition for Open Democracy, which argued it unlawfully burdened the right to vote and discriminated against young voters.
- New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan, a Republican, filed the emergency petition with the Supreme Court.