In a 3-2 decision, New Hampshire's Supreme Court has sided with a lower court judge and left a new voter registration law on hold.

The New Hampshire Supreme Court has agreed to hear a dispute over the state's new voter registration law.

The impact of out-of-state college students on New Hampshire elections is hard to determine. But it's likely greater than in other states, because out-of-staters make up a larger share of student enrollment.

In New Hampshire, a Strafford County judge is hearing from advocacy groups suing the state over a new law that effectively blocks out-of-state students from voting there.

Secretary of State Jim Condos says he wants to require city and town clerks to report election results to his office on election night.

Legislation that's being considered in the Vermont House would require all communities that have more than 1000 voters to use optical scan vote tabulating machines beginning in the 2014 elections. Roughly 25 towns would be affected by the new requirement.

A key factor in Peter Shumlin's narrow win over Brian Dubie could be his performance in a group of towns where there are a large number of independent voters.