{"id":"74d169ab-b927-45c7-b629-3606ac7e36b2","url":"https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-10-23/supreme-court-allows-new-hampshire-to-fully-ban-student-ids-for-voting-in-midterms","domain":"latimes.com","outlet":{"name":"Los Angeles Times","country":"US","cred":4,"lean":-1,"curated":true},"title":"Supreme Court allows New Hampshire to fully ban student IDs for voting in midterms","plainHeadline":"Supreme Court allows New Hampshire to ban student IDs for voting in midterms","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["The Supreme Court cleared the way for New Hampshire to ban student IDs for voting.","Justices blocked student IDs as a backup method of identification for ballots.","The decision cites the need to avoid changing rules close to Election Day.","Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the sole dissenting voice publicly.","HB 323 strengthens voter identity verification ahead of the Senate race."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-23T14:12:53.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-23T14:54:38.772Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/9628b572-a008-4215-8700-667c23968b6e","storyId":"9628b572-a008-4215-8700-667c23968b6e","image":"https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/059138c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5573x2926+0+395/resize/1200x630!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F44%2Fe0%2Fd4e04fb7435bb5f7c1fd93505a28%2F287be2e2f02c43459ae40de4c4c779f5.jpg","author":null,"dek":"New Hampshire passed a law this year that said student IDs would no longer be an expressly accepted form of identification for obtaining a ballot. The secretary of state then issued guidance barring them as a backup way to prove a voter's identity."}