The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily greenlit a New Hampshire directive on Thursday that prohibits the use and acceptance of student IDs in elections. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the lone dissent in the case.
In its new order, the high court granted an emergency application by New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan to temporarily pause a ruling by U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante. The Bush 43 appointee issued a preliminary injunction earlier this month blocking an April directive by Scanlan that said eligible voters can’t use student IDs as proof of identification when registering to vote, filing a request for an absentee ballot, or voting at a polling place.