A federal judge struck down New Hampshire’s new law requiring hard-copy proof of citizenship for voter registration Thursday, finding it unconstitutional, in a move that could stop its implementation for the midterm elections.

In a 98-page order, Judge Samantha Elliott held that the law imposed an excessive burden on the right to vote. She wrote that it would particularly affect people who might not have easy access to citizenship documents, such as college students, those without passports, those who changed their name after marriage, and those born out of state. 

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