Federal Judge Strikes Down NH's Proof-of-Citizenship Voter Registration Law

Union Leader ^ | May 30, 2026 | Paul Feeley

[Jim Noble]

A federal judge in New Hampshire on Thursday ruled the state’s 2024 law requiring first-time voters in the state to provide proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote is unconstitutional.

The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Samantha Elliott on HB 1569 is being viewed as a strong rebuke of the Republican-backed policy, considered by voting rights advocates to be one of the nation’s most restrictive laws regarding U.S. citizenship and the right to vote.

“New Hampshire’s interest in election integrity cannot justify the burden on New Hampshire voters based on the evidence in this case,” said Elliott in her 98-page ruling, released late Thursday...

[Sacajaweau]

Ruling cannot go beyond his district and is void on its face.

[MCSETots]

So, in order to pass a law to prevent voter fraud, you have to first prove voter fraud? Legislators didn’t seem to require that for gun laws, “climate change” laws, healthcare laws and a host of other things they passed and funded . . .

[EVO X]

There’s also the problem of people pouring into Florida without Florida getting a proportional number of Representatives until another decade has passed.

Interesting observation, that said how do account for the seasonal snowbirds?

[metmom]

Judges have grabbed way to much power and become Dictators

Way too true!

[metmom]

Thanks for posting.

[Brian Griffin]

I didn’t have a birth certificate while in college.

My mother had difficulty collecting Social Security because her parents decided to change her first name when she was a baby.

Her birth was registered under the name of Pauline. Her parents informally renamed her after a famous queen of the old country. My mom used her new first name thereafter.

[Brian Griffin]

“that said how do account for the seasonal snowbirds?”

I’m really not sure. Renters generally vote where they own property.

Some snowbirds own property here. I think they register to vote based on property tax considerations. A New York Star reduction of 50% usually beats out a $50,000 Florida homestead exemption.

[Starboard]

“New Hampshire’s interest in election integrity cannot justify the burden on New Hampshire voters based on the evidence in this case,” said Elliott in her 98-page ruling

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The word "burden" does not appear in the Constitution.

[Starboard]

“Judges have grabbed way to much power and become Dictators”

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Or kings, if you will.

[arthurus]

immediately move to undo Heller and Bruen and rule the Second Amendment doesn’t mean what it plainly says

Given Democrat takeover of the Presidency and both houses I would actually expect re guns: a USSC 9-6 decision that the 2nd Amendment is unConstitutional. A second Dem full control term- and all elections after the Democrats get control of both houses and the presidency- is to actually rewrite the Constitution from top to bottom. The reality, though, is that the Constitution will thenceforth have all the authority of an Atlantic Magazine article.

[Brian Griffin]

Democrats respond to Republicans efforts to clean things up by allowing all sorts of people, including criminals, into the USA.

Fixing elections isn’t going to be enough. We need to cap taxation on the middle class in the federal Constitution (and state constitutions).

Fighting in Congress to send middle-class income and property taxation cap constitutional amendments to the states would make Congress turn deep red come 2027.

Failure to fight for taxation caps will mean the loss of one or both houses of Congress.

[arthurus]

That is a win for the dems, also. They just want to keep it constantly in the courts in order to give them more room to wholly ban guns when they are in a position to pack the USSC.

[LuxAerterna]

She’s a Biden judge. This will be appealed and likely overturned.

[gibsonguy]

So which one gave us this hack Biden or Obongo?

[fuzzylogic]

Arrest her for obstruction, or, facilitating voter fraud. Just because she is a judge, she’s immune?

[aquila48]

Biden.

[Jim Noble]

There’s also the problem of people pouring into Florida without Florida getting a proportional number of Representatives until another decade has passed

I'm sure they are holding off to make sure the La Palma volcano stays quiet.

[gibsonguy]

I would have guessed. The gang of hacks Biden put in are the worst of the worst.

[libertylover]

I’m surprised that New Hampshire would enact such a common-sense law in the first place.

[Wuli]

The judge’s argument rests on the stupid invalid notion that the “burden” of the law is too much because evidence says illegal voting is so rare.

Since when does the infrequency of an act make it unconstitutional to legislate a means to prevent it.

Would she make the same claim about legal means to thwart rape, burglary or murder if statistics said they very rarely happen.