Remember that whole thing about states have authority over elections and ID requirements?

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Biden judge decided that requiring citizenship to vote violates both the 1st and 14th amendments. Show more

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A reckoning is coming for these judges.

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But the decision did not wholly dismantle New Hampshire’s new voting law. In reality, many of the new voting requirements in the 2024 Republican bill, House Bill 1569, remain intact ahead of the Sept. 8 primary and Nov. 3 general election.

First-time voters will still need to provide documentary proof of their age, identity, and domicile, despite Judge Samantha Elliott’s ruling. And those same voters will still be turned away if they lack those documents at the polls. Both requirements are new for a major election in New Hampshire.

“The court’s order does not impact the portions of HB 1569 that require registrants to provide documentary proof of identity, age, and domicile, and a voter cannot use an affidavit to prove identity, age, or domicile,” read a May 29 statement from the Secretary of State’s Office shortly after the ruling.

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Under the new legal landscape, any New Hampshire voter who is not already on the state’s voter rolls — either because they have never before voted in the state or because they did not vote in the last five years and were removed — must provide hard documentation.

To prove their identity, a voter must have a photo driver’s license or photo ID issued by any state or the federal government; a passport; an armed services ID; or any evidence that makes it “more likely than not” that they are who they say they are, including an in-person verification by an election official who knows them.

To prove their age — and that they are at least 18 years old as of Election Day — a voter can use any of those same documents.

To prove their domicile and demonstrate that they live in the precinct in which they are voting, a voter must first attempt to provide one of four documents: a New Hampshire driver’s license or non-driver ID card; a New Hampshire vehicle registration; a U.S. government photo ID that has their current New Hampshire address; or a government-issued check, benefit statement, or tax document with their current address.

If a voter does not have any of those documents, they may attest, under penalty of voter fraud, that they do not possess them. After doing that, they may provide any document from a broader list, including a utility bill, a lease or rental agreement, evidence of a property purchase, a school enrollment form, and U.S. Postal Service records. Any voter whose name is not on their home’s utility bill or lease — such as a roommate or a person living with their parents or other family members — can provide a written statement by a co-inhabitant, landlord, or manager affirming that that voter lives there, signed under penalty of perjury.

Those documentary requirements are absolute, and failure to follow them could result in a prospective voter being denied voter registration.

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Finally, to prove their citizenship, a new voter should provide documentary proof, if possible, via a passport, birth certificate, naturalization certificate, or other document. But after Elliott’s ruling, any voter attempting to register for the first time who does not have one of those documents may sign a “qualified voter affidavit” attesting under penalty of voter fraud that they are a U.S. citizen.

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A new state law also allows local election officials with an internet connection to check a database maintained by the Secretary of State’s Office that can verify a voter’s citizenship if they were born in New Hampshire and have a state birth certificate, or if they obtained a REAL ID driver’s license in New Hampshire, which requires proof of U.S. citizenship.

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When HB 1569 passed and eliminated those affidavits, two groups of voting rights advocates sued in federal court; those lawsuits were eventually consolidated into a single case. But the plaintiffs did not ask the federal courts to strike down the requirements for documentary proof of age, domicile, or identity. They asked only for the citizenship requirements to be declared unconstitutional. At the time, New Hampshire was the only state that required hard proof of citizenship, and the plaintiffs’ lawyers believed that requirement was the easiest to prove unconstitutional.

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A reckoning is coming for these judges.

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Does this mean it violates my 1st and 14th Amendment rights to force me to show my passport and ID when I go through customs after an overseas trip?

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The court ordered the State to re-establish and accept the pre-law affidavit system that was expressly repealed by HB1569.

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But after Elliott’s ruling, any voter attempting to register for the first time who does not have one of those documents may sign a “qualified voter affidavit” attesting under penalty of voter fraud that they are a U.S. citizen.

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