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  • Native American Rights Groups Are Targeting Six States to Fight Voter Suppression in 2020

    Massoud Hayoun

    February 14, 2019 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, North Dakota

    Native American voters are disproportionately impacted by restrictive voter ID laws, particularly those that require proof of address because many Native Nations do not use formal street addresses. In response, the voting rights group Four Directions helped create and implement a system that allowed tribal officials to set up at polling places and immediately generate an ID on tribal letterhead with an address based on a location that a voter pointed to on a map. The group also supported lawsuits to expand polling places, lessening the financial and travel burdens for Native American voters.

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