New Hampshire Election Officials Plan Emergency Request to US Supreme Court over Student ID Ruling

New Hampshire asks Supreme Court to ban all consideration of student IDs to vote

The notice of appeal to the nation’s highest court comes just a day after the 1st Circuit upheld a lower court ruling allowing election officials discretion to consider student IDs to vote.

New Hampshire election officials plan emergency request to US Supreme Court over student ID ruling

The New Hampshire Attorney General's Office is making an emergency request to the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent student IDs from being accepted at polling places in November.

Legal Battle Over Use of Student IDs to Vote in NH Heads to U.S. Supreme Court

Secretary of State David M. Scanlan’s motion for a stay on the legal proceedings in a lawsuit that challenges the use of student IDs to vote has been denied by the First Circuit Court of Appeals, though an emergency stay has been requested from the U.S. Supreme Court.

Three weeks ahead of midterms, New Hampshire ban on using student IDs to obtain a ballot is in limbo

On Oct. 2, U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Laplante ruled that students may use school-issued IDs to prove their identity and obtain a ballot for the midterm elections on Nov. 3. New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan, who appealed Laplante's ruling on Oct. 6, encouraged students to bring their government-issued IDs such as driver's licenses and passports to the polls at Dartmouth Civics Oct. 13 voter registration drive.In order to regi…