Check your voter status!
There are shenanigans afoot! Even though we here in New Hampshire are blessed with well-run elections, and most of us, especially in the small towns, know and trust our election workers (THANK YOU ELECTION WORKERS!), we are still not immune to changes being made in election law that could make it more difficult to vote and especially to register to vote.
For instance, your student ID is no longer good enough for check-in at your polling place. A current driver’s license showing your current address, or other government-issued ID is required. To register to vote, you’ll need a birth certificate or passport. If your name or residence has changed, you will need documentation to show your current status.
It is recommended by many voter rights organizations that we check our voter registration status once a month leading up to election day, that is because voter list purges are now carried out annually instead of every ten years, as it used to be. There are many reasons a voter could be purged from the list, some of them we wouldn’t necessarily think of. A name change due to marriage, for instance. Placing your property into a trust could trigger a change in your government records.
To check your registration status, either visit your town clerk, or go online to https://app.sos.nh.gov/voterinformation. After you enter your data, don’t forget to scroll all the way down to see the results.
Most of all, remember to vote!