Soon after Joshua Bogden attempted to register to vote on the day of Portsmouth’s municipal elections Nov. 11, he faced a tough decision. Bogden had not brought along a passport or birth certificate to prove his citizenship. And though he had previously been registered and voted in Wilton, poll workers told Bogden he needed to […]

Republican lawmakers passed a law last year requiring hard documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote. Next year, those requirements are set to face their first major test: the federal midterm elections, which are likely to draw more than half a million Granite Staters. Now, as Democrats and voting rights activists argue the new […]