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A federal judge recently ruled in favor of the North Dakota GOP's voter ID law that disenfranchized Native Americans, who typically don't have residential addresses if they live on a tribal reservation.
Native Americans largely supported Heitkamp in the previous election, edging her to a very close victory. Since the tribes' request for a temporary restraining order of the voter ID law was denied by the courts, they have been scrambling to get new voter IDs ready to comply with the law.
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North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger told ABC News on Friday that Native Americans with newly issued tribal IDs with street addresses would be able to vote, but he didn’t directly address the concerns of the lawyers, instead suggesting voters “talk to local officials” and said poll workers would “most likely” will accept the IDs.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/nor...tribes-scrambling-print-ids/story?id=58999039
North Dakota's Native American tribes scrambling to print new IDs ahead of midterm elections
Tribal leaders in North Dakota have scrambled to print at least 3,500 new tribal IDs for Native Americans living on reservations in North Dakota in response to the state’s new voter ID law, the effects of which will be seen across the state for the first time on Tuesday.

A federal judge recently denied the tribes’ request for a temporary restraining order to stop the new voter ID law, which requires North Dakotans to provide a state or tribal ID with a residential address in order to vote – a challenge for thousands of Native Americans living in rural communities on or near reservations -- from going into effect before Nov. 6.

Though the law has been debated in various courtrooms for about two years, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed an earlier ruling that sided with the state to stay in October. Since then, the tribes have had to scramble to print thousands of new IDs with street addresses.
Throughout Monday in Turtle Mountain, North Dakota’s most populous reservation, a steady stream of people made their way to the table to be registered and photographed. As of Monday afternoon, the number of IDs issued in Turtle Mountain alone had nearly doubled since Saturday, with 2,000 new tribal IDs issued to include physical addresses, according to Jamie Azure, Chairman of the Turtle Mountain Band of the Chippewa.

Despite the effort, advocates for the tribes told ABC News they remain unsatisfied with the guidance on the issue coming from North Dakota’s secretary of state.

North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger told ABC News on Friday that Native Americans with newly issued tribal IDs with street addresses would be able to vote, but he didn’t directly address the concerns of the lawyers, instead suggesting voters “talk to local officials” and said poll workers would “most likely” will accept the IDs.

On Monday, Jaeger responded to a letter sent Saturday by lawyers on behalf of the tribes, citing confusion and uneven application of the law and asking him to issue guidance to county auditors by noon “to prevent further violations of law.”

Jaeger’s letter stated that the groups’ concerns “will be considered” and that his office “conducted training for county election officials and continues to communicate with them regularly to ensure that North Dakota election law is uniformly and correctly applied.”

But the tribes’ attorney Danielle Lang told ABC News the letter “did not allay any of our concerns” and “doesn’t explain anything.”

Native American voters could prove to be an important part of North Dakota’s election, with more than 9,000 voter aged tribal members in Turtle Mountain alone. The new law comes amidst a closely-watched Senate race between incumbent Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp and Republican challenger U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer.

In 2012, Heitkamp won the election by just 2,936 votes – but won handily in the counties with the largest population of Native Americans.

Heitkamp’s campaign plans to have attorneys at almost every polling precinct on each of North Dakota’s reservations on Election Day, ready to call the county auditor if any voters are turned away, according to Ryan Stroschein, a coordinator on the campaign who’s been working with Native American voters.

Heitkamp’s campaign plans to keep in touch with any Native American voter who’s issued a set-aside ballot so they can follow up on their vote, but the campaign has no plan to engage in any lawsuits, Stroschein said.

Speaking at a Senate debate, her opponent Cramer said that voting in North Dakota is "the easiest of anywhere in the country.” He added that the voter ID law is fair and that Heitkamp was playing "identity politics."

"The standard is the same for all people, regardless of race, creed or color," he said.

Although turnout is normally low on reservations, Azure believes this year’s midterm elections will be a record turnout because the tribes have united against those who he says have attempted to suppress his people’s right to vote.

“They have woken a sleeping giant, ” he said.
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RustyShackleford said:
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Well Kemp has insulted white Democrats. Did he say the voter suppression is targeted at African-Americans due to their race or just because they primarily vote Democratic?
If the former, that would be bad and disgusting.
But more importantly, if Kemp was really a racist and trying to engage in voter suppression, why doesn't he just go to the press and say he is doing so?
/s
 
I got a question who here is not voting besides me

I voted in September for governor of New York and my vote didn’t count and neither did my candidate that I voted for

That’s the first and seems to be the last time I’m a vote
I’ll vote if the Legalization of marijuana comes up in the ballot but that’s about it I don’t even think I’m gonna vote for Trump
 
^ Can I ask how did you know your vote didn't count?

I don't trust the voting machines, and the people in line are usually Trump supporters in my area so I avoid it like the plague now. Already voted and mailed my absentee ballot a couple weeks ago which was confirmed received.
 
sundoobie said:
^ Can I ask how did you know your vote didn't count?

I don't trust the voting machines, and the people in line are usually Trump supporters in my area so I avoid it like the plague now. Already voted and mailed my absentee ballot a couple weeks ago which was confirmed received.
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His vote counted. He is just upset Nixon didn't beat Cuomo in the primary so he is throwing fit.

He voted once, his preferred candidate didn't win, so he claims he is giving up on voting or threatening to vote Trump.

Dude is some Timid steez
 
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