A new state law that requires absentee voters to show proof of identity to obtain a ballot has withstood a legal challenge.

Adele Robertson, Daniel Frye, and Regina Wilson, three visually-impaired residents who regularly vote absentee, sued Secretary of State David Scanlan and Attorney General John Formella, and maintained the law discriminated against voters with disabilities.

They said it would require them to access technology, travel to a local clerk’s office or pay for a notary.

Rockingham County Superior Court Judge David Ruoff dismissed the lawsuit Thursday without holding a hearing on the matter.

“The court concludes that (the new law) ... imposes reasonable, nondiscriminatory identification burdens on absentee voters to protect the state’s interest in securing elections and li

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