By Dana Wormald | Editor
Good morning, New Hampshire, and welcome to Tuesday. Today, Ethan DeWitt reports on what voters need to know about absentee ballots ahead of next month’s state primary. Also, William Skipworth looks at the latest data on food insecurity in New Hampshire. And, from Stateline’s Tim Henderson, ICE hits a new high for monthly arrests. Thank you for reading, and for supporting our work. — Dana
Under Senate Bill 287, signed by Gov. Kelly Ayotte in 2025, all absentee voters must verify their identity before voting, eliminating the previous option to establish identity under penalty of voter fraud via an affidavit. (Photo by Will Steinfeld/New Hampshire Bulletin)
By Ethan DeWitt
New Hampshire towns are now equipped with absentee ballots for the Sept. 8 primary, Secretary of State Dave Scanlan announced Monday. But requesting those ballots could require some extra steps this year under new laws tightening proof of identity requirements. To obtain a ballot this election cycle, absentee voters must either go to their town hall with their ID, send a photocopy of the ID through the mail, or get a notarized signature at home. The changes come alongside stricter voter ID laws for those voting in person, too. Here’s what to know to vote absentee in September, including what has changed and what has stayed the same.
In 2024, 15.5%, or roughly 1 in 6, Granite State children were food insecure. (Photo by Kevin Hardy/Stateline)
By William Skipworth
Child food insecurity in New Hampshire grew by more than 6% from 36,160 children in 2023 to 38,430 in 2024, the national nonprofit Feeding America found in its annual “Map the Meal Gap” report and data collection. That means 15.5%, or roughly 1 in 6, Granite State children were food insecure in 2024. Because of delays in federal data reporting, data for 2025 and 2026 isn’t expected to be available for a few more years.
By Tim Henderson
Federal immigration agents are employing new tactics — from arresting academics at airports to setting up a checkpoint at a popular creek in a National Forest — to boost their arrest numbers, leading to more arrests in July than in any previous month of the Trump administration.
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