A national Democratic law firm, known for its high-profile partisan battles, is suing New Hampshire over its newly enacted absentee voter ID requirement.

And the lawsuit was filed just weeks after the state’s self-declared “top Dem,” Executive Councilor Karen Liot Hill (D-Lebanon), used her office to solicit clients on the firm’s behalf .

The lawsuit, filed this week by the Washington, D.C.–based Elias Law Group in partnership with the Manchester firm McLane Middleton, argues that the state’s new law places “severe and unreasonable burdens” on voters with disabilities. Three New Hampshire residents with visual impairments are named as plaintiffs, claiming the requirement to submit identification with absentee ballots will make it more difficult for them to exercise their right to vote.

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