Judge Denies North Dakota Tribe's Request To Block Voter ID Law
Source: Talking Points Memo
By JAMES MacPHERSON
November 2, 2018 12:08 pm
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- A federal judge on Thursday denied a request from an American Indian tribe in North Dakota to block the state's voter ID law just days before the election.
North Dakota's law requires voters to show ID with a residential street address, which American Indians have argued is not always evident on reservations.
The Spirit Lake Sioux tribe sued the state Tuesday seeking a temporary restraining order, saying the street address requirement is unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland wrote that the allegations gave him "great cause for concern" but that he was denying the motion because it would cause confusion so close to the election.
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A GW Bush appointee............and a US Supreme Court that has two new lackeys on the bench, that don't belong there, and one jerk leading the right wing republican pack that destroyed the Voting Rights Act......................I guess they missed that part on Native Sovereignty on self government in law school .....................Oh, I forgot the Federalist Society members don't like the Constitution ...............
November 6, 2018 cannot get here fast enough.....................vote ( I hope my voting early will help my brother and sisters, in the long term)
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