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Supreme Court lets New Hampshire reject student IDs at polls

The unsigned order is temporary while the challenge to New Hampshire's House Bill 323 continues in lower courts; the only dissent came from Justice Jackson.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe Supreme Court is letting New Hampshire reject student IDs at the polls, less than two weeks before the November third election.

  2. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe order was unsigned, there was no vote count, and the court cited the Purcell principle, which says don't change voting rules too close to an election.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo a federal judge changed the rules too close to the election, and the fix arrived less than two weeks before it.

  4. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe state's attorney general calls it a victory against last-minute court orders.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe law itself is House Bill three twenty-three, signed in April, and the order is temporary while the challenge continues.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentJustice Jackson dissented alone.

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