New Hampshire GOP bans student IDs for voting, adds to growing restrictions

New Hampshire’s new law eliminating student IDs as valid identification for voting marks the latest move in a broader GOP effort to restrict ballot access in the state.

Gov. Kelly Ayotte (R) signed House Bill 323 (HB 323) into law last week, striking student IDs, even if government-issued, from the list of acceptable identification for voting purposes.

If not blocked by a court, the law will take effect in June.

Under the new law, voters can only use IDs like driver’s licenses, passports or military identification. The law explicitly removes language that had allowed student IDs from New Hampshire public schools — a change that could affect thousands of student voters across the state.



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