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

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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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The Supreme Court ruled on October 22, 2026, that New Hampshire cannot use student IDs for voting in the upcoming midterm elections, siding with Republicans and the Republican National Committee. The decision follows a recent state law passed this year that removed student IDs from accepted forms of identification for obtaining ballots. A federal judge had previously blocked the state's guidance against using student IDs as backup identification but was overruled by the Supreme Court, which cited the "Purcell principle" – a legal concept stating that lower courts should not alter election rules close to Election Day. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, arguing that the public needs accurate information about voting processes. The ruling affects a closely watched Senate race between Republican former Senator John E. Sununu and Democratic Representative Chris Pappas, which could determine control of the chamber.

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New Hampshire GPE · 5× Purcell PERSON · 4× The Supreme Court ORG · 4× Republican NORP · 2× Formella PERSON · 1× Jackson PERSON · 1× John Formella PERSON · 1× Ketanji Brown Jackson PERSON · 1× The Republican National Committee ORG · 1×

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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.

2026-10-23 · CBS News

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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

voters → praise → a