A trio of visually impaired New Hampshire residents filed a lawsuit against the state last week after Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed a bill into law that they say makes “absentee voting even harder” and burdensome for voters.

SB 287 requires anyone seeking to vote by absentee ballot to show photo identification in person or have their absentee ballot application form notarized.

While the law was meant to prevent voter fraud, the burden of the law will fall on the most vulnerable, the lawsuit claims. The law requires voters to show such proof for every local, primary and general election in order to receive an absentee ballot.

Plaintiffs Adele Robertson of Exeter and Regina Wilson of Brentwood are visually impaired; Daniel Frye of Concord is blind. All are regular absentee voters.

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