SB223

I am currently a student in the state of New Hampshire. I am not originally from New Hampshire, but I spend most of my year in this state. I am taking courses in the fall and spring, and I will soon be taking classes in the summer meaning I will be here the entire year. Most students spend the majority of their year here in New Hampshire. I registered as a New Hampshire voter four years ago when I started university. Those who call New Hampshire their home for the majority of the year deserve to have their voices heard. This bill targets an entire generation of voters. It is unconstitutional to take away mine and my peers' rights to vote in a state we reside in for most of our years simply through the fact that our driver's licenses do not say "New Hampshire" at the top. I live in New Hampshire. I learn in New Hampshire. And I deserve to have a voice in matters of elections.

This is an unnecessary and restrictive effort to restrict the ability of students' ability to vote. Our goal should be push for our young citizens to become involved in our electoral process, and to make this reasonable and as easy as possible for them. - Students are already required to provide documentation to register to vote - showing their student ID at the polls is simply to match them with the info on the Registered Voters List. This would be simply more bureaucratic overhead designed to suppress young peoples' ability to vote. - Voter fraud has been shown to be almost non-existent in New Hampshire, and there is no evidence of any voter fraud in NH involving students, - Instead of adding to our bureaucractic overload, let's recognize this bill for what it is, and get on with the legitimate business in New Hampshire that really demands attention. - This sort of legislation will only serve to give New Hampshire a bad name, and perhaps drive potential students away from attending college in our state.

Voting is important in a Democracy and we should be encouraging young people to vote rather than making it more difficult.

As a Deputy Registrar I oppose this bill. I have seen the turnout of young voters excited to exercise their civic duties and this bill will put an unnecessary obstacle in their way. As the First in the Nation we should be encouraging young voters to get involved in this process as best we can.

This bill serves only to disenfranchise students. Why is such a discriminatory bill even being considere? Shame on those who support limiting democracy by, in essence, limiting voting rights.

If you were still in college - proud to be there, and to have earned your college ID - you would want to use that ID when you vote. If you were smart enough to vote at college age, why don't you want current college students to vote?

This would result in voter discrimination.

This bill discourages young people from participating in our democracy and is unnecessary as there is no evidence student IDs are being mis-used.

Make voting in NH more open and easy, not for difficult for any NH resident.

Democracy needs more voices in the voting booth, not fewer. Out students must learn they can and should vote. We must include student ID as acceptable to the voting commission to hear more voices.

I oppose this because it is a voter suppression bill.

Our children are no less citizens just because they choose to attend college. This bill has nothing to do with election security and everything to do with trying to suppress their voting rights.

Just like HB 323 WHICH WAS ITL IN NOVEMBER, SB223 would also ban student IDs for voting purposes if passed. The Senate Election Law Committee gave this bill a recommendation of Inexpedient to Legislate back in November—and many of you even sent thank you emails! However, in January, that recommendation was set aside after Chairman Gray was asked to vote it down so an amendment could be made (removing the provision related to granting in-state tuition to students registered to vote in NH). This is another attempt at voter suppression in NH.

I think this bill discriminates against students while I think they should be encouraged to participate in our democracy by voting.

This would unnecessarily disenfranchise young voters for no reason. Removing student IDs as a valid form of identification discourages young NH residents from doing their civic duties. Don't support this bill.

We should be encouraging young people to vote and take part in civic life, instead of trying to make it impossible for them to do so.

I oppose this bill.

The United States has a very very low rate of election fraud. Trump insisted after the election of 2020 that there had been massive fraud. Endless recounts and researches were done all over the country. A very minimal amount of fraud was found. Trump, whose poll numbers are low and declining, is worried his party may not do well in the midterms. He is promoting "election security" and the "Save Act". We don't need it. He could use it to try to steal the election.

The law is clear - student IDs are proof of domicile.

While you may not read the comments. We need young people to stay in NH to help the economy. Helping our future economy is much more important of the un-proven risk of letting students use Student ID's to vote. Your focus should be to get more people participating in our democracy. How many people that want to participate would commit a crime to "influence" and election if they should not be voting

Just another attempt at voter disenfranchisement in NH. Vote no on this bill.

I am opposed to not allowing student ID for voting.

We should not be making it harder for students to vote.

I oppose prohibiting the use of student IDs when voting. We should be encouraging young people to vote, not putting roadblocks in their way. Voting should be easy and accessible.

This bill places barriers to voting for college students and is discriminatory. A deliberate attempt to disenfranchise them. I am against this bill. Please vote against it.