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A court previously found that almost half of North Dakota's Native voters lack the required ID.
KIRA LERNER
SEP 25, 2018, 10:03 AM
A federal appeals court on Monday sided with North Dakota in a lawsuit over the states voter ID law, presenting a significant burden to Native American voters ahead of the November election.
A three-judge panel of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals stayed a lower courts injunction which had required the state to accept a longer list of potential forms of identification at the polls, including IDs that show a voters current mailing address instead of their current residential street address. The court found that the state would be irreparably harmed by the injunction during the general election in November, 2018, according to the order.
Many homes on Native American reservations lack traditional postal addresses. Instead, Native voters often rely on P.O. boxes which could be located outside their precincts. Furthermore, there are no motor-vehicle license offices on North Dakotas reservations, making it difficult for Native voters to obtain the necessary forms of ID.
Native Americans make up more than five percent of North Dakota and represent a critical demographic in the sparsely populated state, where Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) is trailing in the polls as she campaigns for reelection.
https://thinkprogress.org/north-dakota-voter-id-214115bf6749/
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There is only one judge that was confirmed for a democratic president, just one..........................and this is what happens when you pack a court with right wingers and the majority of libertarians believe that only the rich have a say in the process..............
https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Eighth_Circuit
And fucking guess who the associate justice that overlooks this court.................Neal Gorsuch....................
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(295,926 posts)betsuni
(25,135 posts)Pack the courts with right wingers.