Supreme Court rules New Hampshire can ban use of student IDs for voters

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Supreme Court rules New Hampshire can ban use of student IDs for voters. (2026, October 22). CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-new-hampshire-can-ban-use-student-ids-midterms/

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On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that New Hampshire can enforce its law banning student IDs as a form of voter identification. This ruling blocks a lower court’s guidance allowing student IDs as backup ID during midterms. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the sole dissenter, arguing against applying the Purcell principle in this case. Republican officials celebrated the decision, viewing it as crucial for maintaining election integrity and stability ahead of the vote.
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As of October 22, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled that student IDs cannot be used for voting in New Hampshire's midterm elections on November 3. This decision supports a state law and Republican-backed efforts to restrict student ID usage as voter identification. The court cited the "Purcell principle," which discourages altering election rules close to an election date, to overturn a lower federal judge’s order that had allowed for their use temporarily. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, arguing that upholding the federal judge's decision would ensure accurate information about voting processes. The ruling could impact the closely watched Senate race between Republican John E. Sununu and Democrat Chris Pappas.

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In a statement, Republican New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella praised the ruling, writing that "New Hampshire has a responsibility to protect the integrity of its elections and ensure that election laws are applied as written." Formella called it "an important victory for our efforts to defend those laws and prevent last-minute court orders from creating uncertainty for voters and election officials." The decision comes less than two weeks before New Hampshire voters cast ballots in a .
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🔮 New Hampshire passed a law this year that said student IDs would no longer be an expressly accepted form of identification for obtaining a ballot.
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The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for New Hampshire to fully ban the use of student IDs for voting during the midterm elections. asserted
Hampshire → clear → elections
The justices granted a Republican-backed emergency appeal and blocked the use of student IDs as a backup method of identification. asserted
justices → grant → identification
New Hampshire passed a law this year that said student IDs would no longer be an expressly accepted form of identification for obtaining a ballot. asserted
IDs → pass → ballot
The secretary of state then issued guidance barring them as a backup way to prove a voter's identity. asserted
secretary → issue → identity
A judge left the law in place but blocked the guidance in early October, prompting the appeal to the Supreme Court. asserted
judge → leave → Court
The Republican National Committee weighed in to support the state. asserted
Committee → weigh → state
In its brief one-paragraph decision, the Supreme Court invoked the longstanding "Purcell principle," quoting a previous 2020 decision that stated that the high court "has repeatedly emphasized that lower federal courts should ordinarily not alter the election rules on the eve of an election." asserted
courts → invoke → election
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the only justice to publicly dissent from the ruling, arguing that the Purcell principle did not necessarily apply in this case. " asserted
principle → dissent → case
It seems to me that a case involving a court order like the one at issue here—which left the state election rule untouched—does not necessarily fall within the ambit of Purcell and its concern about federal courts 'changing the election rules' at the last minute," Jackson wrote. asserted
Jackson → seem → minute
The Supreme Court wrote in its opinion Thursday that the lower court "did not point to anything that would justify deviating" from the Purcell principle. asserted
that → write → principle
In a statement, Republican New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella praised the ruling, writing that "New Hampshire has a responsibility to protect the integrity of its elections and ensure that election laws are applied as written." Formella called it "an important victory for our efforts to defend those laws and prevent last-minute court orders from creating uncertainty for voters and election officials." The decision comes less than two weeks before New Hampshire voters cast ballots in a . asserted
voters → praise → a
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