Student identification cards will be fully barred for voting in New Hampshire during the midterm elections after a Supreme Court ruling on Thursday.

Granting a Republican-backed emergency appeal, the justices blocked student IDs as a backup form of verification, pointing to legal precedent against altering election rules near Voting Day.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the only member of the court to publicly dissent.

A voter participation sticker sits on a table during early voting in the US midterm elections at Desert Breeze Community Center on October 17, 2026 in Las Vegas (AFP/Getty)

New Hampshire passed a law earlier this year removing student IDs from the list of explicitly accepted identification for obtaining a ballot.…