Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times,
The Supreme Court sided with New Hampshire Republicans, allowing officials to stop accepting student ID cards as valid proof of identity for voting.
The high court cited the Purcell principle, which guards against changes to election rules close to Election Day.
The court's decision took the form of an unsigned opinion issued late on Oct. 22.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented.
The Supreme Court here applied the so-called Purcell principle against last-minute judicially ordered changes to election rules.
A state law known as HB 323 forbids the use of student IDs as valid proof of identity when voting. New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan issued guidance directing election clerks not to accept student IDs as a backup form of identification.
A group called the Coalition for Open Democracy challenged both the state law and the directive in federal court. The group's attorneys argued that the law ran afoul of both the U.S. and New Hampshire constitutions and discriminated against young voters on the basis of age. They also argued Scanlan exceeded his lawful powers as secretary of state.
Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante denied the group's request to bar enforcement of HB 323, but temporarily blocked Scanlan from advising election
