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"Even though we are sovereign nations, we all rise together. It is actually a beautiful thing.
DANIELLE MCLEAN
NOV 5, 2018, 1:22 PM
ST. MICHAEL, NORTH DAKOTA North Dakotas Native peoples are united behind Sen. Heidi Heitkamp and determined to translate that support into votes on Tuesday, despite the states restrictive voter ID laws that is making it harder for them to cast ballots, elected leaders of two tribal nations said.
Thats because Heitkamp (D-ND) has listened to Native voices, while her Republican opponent Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and other leading Republicans including President Trump are viewed negatively by many tribal people.
Heitkamps got the support. I know Cramer might have a couple of people but shes got the support, Myra Pearson, chair of Spirit Lake Sioux tribe, told ThinkProgress.
I think our people now are woke and they are standing up and they are not only getting out to vote but they are also looking at all the candidates, said Jamie Azure, chair of Turtle Mountain Nation. He estimated 70 to 80 percent of the tribe votes Democrat, which is why Republicans targeted Native Americans with the voter ID laws.
However, their efforts have backfired, said Azure. So far, Turtle Mountain has issued 2,000 new IDs since the 2016 election, meaning far more tribal members will be able to vote on Tuesday than did two years ago.
https://thinkprogress.org/north-dakota-tribal-leaders-different-nations-are-working-together-to-propel-heitkamp-to-victory-4b130247a28e/
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https://www.facebook.com/NDNativeVote/
http://www.fourdirectionsvote.com/donation/
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(49,376 posts)turbinetree
(24,695 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,631 posts)Together. Thanks for the uplifting vibes here.
Keep the faith, turbinetree.
♡ lmsp
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geardaddy
(24,926 posts)Cha
(297,150 posts)YES IT IS!
BumRushDaShow
(128,844 posts)because pretty much everyone has given this seat up.
This is actually not that different from what Lisa Murkowski was able to do in Alaska to get on the ballot as a write-in in 2010. I.e., she got the support of the Inuit and other native Alaskans and she has listened to them when it comes to some (not all) topics of interest.
Omaha Steve
(99,582 posts)bluestarone
(16,906 posts)A Heidi win would be like the GREATEST thing here!!!
catbyte
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DownriverDem
(6,228 posts)If they have to have ID with an address, how are they going to get it?
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)They are even outside the polls to make sure they have the right ID! You make people angry enough they will fight you every time!
turbinetree
(24,695 posts)becomes there street address with those numbers, then the the little right wing fascist can't say they don't have a street address in the legislature, the district court or the supreme court of racists....................you want to know who runs the supreme court region for that area/region, that asshole that got appointed that had no. none, decency to tell the sexual predator, let Merrick Garland's nomination go forward "first" nope .......................a real anti-Constitution Federalist Society asshole ...............Neil Gorsuch .
And they think Natives are ignorant........................
https://www.gps-coordinates.net/
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