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Sep. 30—The ACLU of New Hampshire is among several voting groups behind a lawsuit filed in federal court in New Hampshire Monday challenging the state's new voter ID law. ACLU-NH, American Civil ...
CONCORD — The American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire and voting rights groups filed a federal lawsuit Monday to challenge a new voter ID law in New Hampshire they say is among the ...
Gov. Chris Sununu signed legislation Thursday to erase all exceptions to the state's voter ID law. "We have a proud tradition and proven track record of conducting elections that are trusted and true.
Voter ID laws go back to 1950, when South Carolina became the first state to start requesting identification from voters at the polls. The identification document did not have to include a picture; any document with the name of the voter sufficed. In 1970, Hawaii joined in requiring ID, and Texas a year later.
A voter identification law is a law that requires a person to show some form of identification in order to vote. In some jurisdictions requiring photo IDs, voters who do not have photo ID often must have their identity verified by someone else (such as in Sweden ) or sign a Challenged Voter Affidavit (such as in New Hampshire ) in order to ...
Voter ID laws have been pushed almost exclusively by Republican lawmakers, who argue that ID verification is necessary to protect our elections from fraud. ... The American Civil Liberties Union ...
[359] [360] The bill would mandate automatic and same-day voter registration, require states to offer 15 days of early voting, expand mail-in voting, and place restrictions on voter ID laws and so-called "voter roll purges", among other things. [356] On June 22, 2021, a vote on the bill was held in the senate.
And the last time that a voter suppression law was ruled unconstitutional here (New Hampshire Democratic Party v. Secretary of State from 2021) the state ended up paying over four million dollars ...