The Supreme Court sided with New Hampshire Republicans, allowing officials to stop accepting student ID cards as valid proof of identity for voting.
The high court cited the Purcell principle, which guards against changes to election rules close to Election Day.
The court’s decision took the form of an unsigned opinion issued late on Oct. 22.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented.
The Supreme Court here applied the so-called Purcell principle against last-minute judicially ordered changes to election rules.
The justices stayed two orders issued by U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante that partially blocked guidance issued by New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan….