On May 28, U.S. District Court Judge Samanta Elliott, a Biden appointee, struck down a 2024 New Hampshire law that made it more difficult for some voters to register to vote. New Hampshire Youth Movement v Scanlon, 1:24cv-291. Here is the 98-page decision.
New Hampshire requires proof of citizenship in order to register to vote, but until 3035, an applicant who didn’t have the documents was permitted to satisfy the requirement by certifying under penalty of perjury that the applicant is a citizen. In 2024 that alternative was eliminated. But the decision says that it was a necessary component of the law, and the system is unconstitutional without it.
The decision says that only 6 non-citizen voters voted in New Hampshire between 1998 and 2024. It also outlaines difficulties and costs for individuals born outside New Hampshire to obtain a copy of a birth certificate, and points out tha 80% of women change their surname when they marry.