New Hampshire Supreme Court strikes down GOP-backed voter registration law

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New Hampshire Supreme Court strikes down a 2017 state law crafted by Republicans that implemented new requirements for same-day voter registration that critics say made it more difficult for college students to vote.

New Hampshire Supreme Court strikes down GOP-backed voter registration law
The court agreed that the law "unreasonably burdens the right to vote,” in violation of the state constitution.
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9:31 AM · Jul 2, 2021

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/new-hampshire-supreme-court-strikes-down-gop-backed-voter-registration-n1272974?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

The New Hampshire Supreme Court on Friday struck down a 2017 state law crafted by Republicans that implemented new requirements for same-day voter registration that critics say made it more difficult for college students to vote.

In a unanimous 4-0 decision, the state Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s ruling from last year that found the law, known as Senate Bill 3, violated New Hampshire's Constitution “because it unreasonably burdens the right to vote.”

The state Supreme Court said that the law “must be stricken in its entirety.”

The ruling stems from a 2017 lawsuit brought by college students as well as the League of Women Voters and the state Democratic Party who argued that the law required new voters to fill out complicated forms.

Specifically, the law led to the creation of new forms that people registering to vote within 30 days of an election or on Election Day were required to fill out if they didn’t have proper documentation providing proof of residence. They would then need to bring in those documents within a certain period to election officials.

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1. Marc Elias comments

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Waiting to hear from the doomsday pundits who just yesterday said that we would never win another voting rights case in court.👀

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🚨ALERT: New Hampshire Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN restrictive voter residency law that targeted young, low-income and minority voters. The court ruled that the law violates the state constitution by imposing “unreasonable burdens on the right to vote.” https://democracydocket.com/2021/07/new-hampshire-supreme-court-strikes-down-strict-voter-residency-law/…
7:48 AM · Jul 2, 2021

https://www.democracydocket.com/2021/07/new-hampshire-supreme-court-strikes-down-strict-voter-residency-law/

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the New Hampshire Supreme Court struck down the state’s proof of domicile law Senate Bill 3. The opinion affirmed the lower court’s decision that the law violated the state constitution by imposing “unreasonable burdens on the right to vote.” The decision is a win particularly for young, low-income and minority voters or those who have recently moved in the state — groups that are less likely to have adequate documentation for strict residency requirements.

S.B. 3, enacted in 2017, amended New Hampshire’s voter registration laws to require proof of residency — a requirement that did not previously exist. Specifically, the law required all individuals registering to vote to submit eligible evidence of a “verifiable act of domicile,”eliminated the option to submit an affidavit establishing domicile and imposed criminal penalties on those who register within 30 days of an election without proof of domicile if they fail to later present valid documentation. The New Hampshire Supreme Court’s ruling invalidates the entire law.

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2. Good. K&R for visibility.

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3. Bookmarking!! These laws are not all going to stand..more wins for us are coming!!

Thank you Marc Elias