MANCHESTER, N.H.- Those who were planning to use their student ID to further prove their identity in the upcoming election will not be able to do so after all, that’s after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that student IDs cannot be used in the 2026 Midterm Elections.
Thursday night the high court handed down the ruling which said that federal courts shouldn’t alter election rules so close to the election.
The move comes after a federal appeals court last week ruled college students could use their school IDs to help prove who they were on a case-by-case basis; however, they could only use their student ID in an effort to further prove their identity with a corresponding form of identification.
The New Hampshire Attorney General’s office issued a statement on the decision and highlighted the confusion Student IDs would have created for poll workers;
“The Supreme Court’s decision is an important victory for our efforts to defend those laws and prevent last-minute court orders from creating uncertainty for voters and election officials. We will continue to defend New Hampshire’s election laws and the safeguards they provide.”
In response the Coalition for Open Democracy, the group who originally sued the state for banning the law said the Supreme Court was wrong, and they plan to further pursue the case.
