The League of Women Voters is suing New Hampshire to halt a new voter registration requirement it sees as discriminatory toward college students from out of state. Meanwhile, the primary’s test run for a new photo identification requirement prompted complaints from voters in Salem, Londonderry, Pelham and other communities throughout the state, according to the League and America Votes, a voter rights advocacy group. The League of Women Voters filed a petition yesterday in Strafford County Superior Court, challenging the registration law. It asked the court to either block enforcement or rule that voters who plan to leave the state at a specific time in the future do not have to register vehicles or obtain a driver’s license.
“We believe the law is a deliberate attempt to keep college students who have a constitutional right to vote while they attend school in New Hampshire from exercising that right in the fall elections,” said Joan Ashwell, elect law specialist for the league.
Claire Ebel, executive director of the New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union, which is supporting the challenge, said the law violates the constitutional rights of students. “This law treats students differently, based solely on their decision to register and vote in New Hampshire,” Ebel said.
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