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🚨BREAKING: In a loss for voters, the Supreme Court ruled to bar New Hampshire election officials from considering student IDs as evidence of identity when registering and voting during the midterms. The broader ban on automatically accepting student IDs as valid photo ID also remains in effect.

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In her dissent, Justice Jackson wrote: "Importantly, this so-called “Purcell principle” arose in a particular context, and this Court has yet to fully define its limits."

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Jackson: "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."

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Jackson: "I respectfully dissent because—even, and perhaps especially, when an election is looming—I would not disturb a clearly justifiable federal-court order issued to ensure that the public receives accurate information about a State’s electoral processes." Full story: demdock.com/4z0b3gZ

demdock.comSupreme Court lets New Hampshire fully ban student IDs for voting ahead of midtermsJustice Ketanji Brown Jackson stressed that the lower court’s order did not rewrite New Hampshire law but sought to stop state officials from misleading voters about what the law permits.
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Summary: 💥New Hampshire election officials are barred from accepting student IDs as either primary or secondary evidence of identity for voter registration and voting. 1/

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💥Kids in college cannot use their student IDs to vote in New Hampshire. 💥They have to use a State ID or Driver's License instead to vote. End/