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, […]

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 […]

Weeks before a lawsuit against a recent New Hampshire voting law goes to trial in federal court, state lawmakers are pushing to tighten voting requirements further. The House passed a bill this month that would eliminate the ability for high school or college students to use their student identification cards to vote. Instead, under the […]