36 states have voter ID laws, but a photo isn't always required
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for New Hampshire to enforce a ban on voters using student ID as proof of identity at the polls in November's midterm elections. In its decision Thursday, the court paused a federal court's ruling that would have allowed poll workers to consider student IDs to verify voters' identities without an approved government-issued ID. One Supreme Court judge, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissented. The court action came as a result of New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan asking the Supreme Court to intervene after telling election officials that he…
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