New Hampshire Senate Republicans passed a bill Thursday to bar high school and college students from using their institution’s identification cards to vote, sending the measure to Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s desk. House Bill 323 would remove a voter’s ability to use a “valid student identification card” to prove their identity to obtain a ballot. Currently, […]
New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan, the state’s chief election official, said a virtual meeting he had with federal officials was “a routine meeting.” In an email obtained by the Bulletin earlier this month, the FBI invited Scanlan and other election officials from across the United States to a Feb. 25 phone call to […]
A state law requiring hard proof of citizenship to register to vote for the first time could lead to more voters turned away during the upcoming September and November federal elections, New Hampshire Secretary of State Dave Scanlan testified in court Friday. “I would expect there would be an increase of voters in that situation […]
Cinde Warmington, a former Democratic executive councilor and gubernatorial candidate in 2024, announced Wednesday she is again running to be New Hampshire’s governor, becoming incumbent Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s first major challenger. Warmington ran for governor in 2024, but finished second in the Democratic primary to Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig, who ultimately lost to Ayotte. […]
The FBI invited New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan and election officials from states across the country to a virtual meeting later this month to “discuss our preparations” for the upcoming 2026 midterm elections, according to an email obtained by the Bulletin. The email was signed by FBI Election Executive Kellie M. Hardiman and […]
For the Coalition for Open Democracy, helping New Hampshire residents register to vote is part of the mission statement. But by the end of last year, Executive Director Olivia Zink noticed a development. Despite growing its volunteers, the organization helped register far fewer voters at its in-person events in 2025 than it did in 2023 […]
Gov. Kelly Ayotte and the Executive Council called a special election Wednesday to replace Republican Glenn Cordelli, who recently retired from his seat in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. The primary election is scheduled for Jan. 20, with the special election slated for March 10, Ayotte announced. However, if only one person from each […]
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 […]