DNC Sues New Hampshire Over Election Law, Biden Campaign Backs Lawsuit
The law, requiring voters to submit ID documentation within seven days of Election Day, could disenfranchise 'thousands', according to the Biden campaign.
- The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is suing New Hampshire officials over a Republican-backed election law that requires people who register and vote on Election Day without a photo ID to send in missing documentation to the state within seven days, or their votes will be discarded.
- President Joe Biden’s campaign is backing the lawsuit, expressing concerns that the legislation could disenfranchise key voting blocs in the battleground state in the 2024 election, especially young people, college students, and low-income voters.
- The law has been challenged for violating a state constitutional provision that requires local officials to count votes and submit them to the secretary of state within five days following the election, and for violating New Hampshire voters’ due process rights.
- 75,000 voters in New Hampshire registered in person and voted on Election Day in 2020, and it is anticipated that 'thousands' of these voters could be impacted by the new law.
- This is the second lawsuit this year filed by the DNC challenging laws that they perceive as making it harder for people to vote, following a suit in October involving North Carolina legislation.