North Dakota voter suppression

Native Americans fight to vote after North Dakota voter ID law upheld. https://t.co/a0NgY3w2vF

— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 6, 2018

“We’re going back to when we weren’t citizens of this place even though we were here first.” https://t.co/OTL6eDxTVf

— The Intercept (@theintercept) November 3, 2018

The worst part about the North Dakota story is that the 8th Circuit, in denying early relief for Native American voters , promised that the "courthouse doors" remained open if these voters faced problems. Door now slammed shut. https://t.co/P27QV49GWl

— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) November 2, 2018

What's happening right now in North Dakota is just a disgrace, a totally open effort to prevent the state's American Indian population from voting. Watch this. pic.twitter.com/bCw268iKPK

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) November 2, 2018

A federal judge denied a last-minute emergency request to prevent North Dakota's new street address requirement for voting from applying to Tuesday's midterm election. https://t.co/vMVXmU8IaI

— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 1, 2018

“People are really jazzed and want to be heard and want their votes to count."@MarkRuffalo tells ABC about his efforts to register Native American voters in North Dakota amid a growing controversy over voting rights https://t.co/8taQieynGd pic.twitter.com/Ap80t3REJ9

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) November 1, 2018

Now they're trying to tell Native Americans in Sioux County SD that their votes will be disqualified on the basis of the *color of the ink* they use to vote.

Apparently they're going to throw everything they've got at this. Just astonishing.https://t.co/uAzQfVwOX5

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) October 30, 2018

This North Dakota law will stop Native Americans who live on reservations from voting because many don’t have street addresses. You can’t get much more un-American than this, @GOP. https://t.co/qsfQuDGaDE

— Abe Rakov (@aberakov) October 10, 2018

Outrageous/Unjust. R’s in North Dakota make it harder for Native Americans to vote. Requiring street address when many of them use P.O. Boxes in rural areas. Supreme Court allows. Law passed after Heitkamp won last time. Nothing more than voter suppression https://t.co/Nu1yWOsaPi

— Eric Holder (@EricHolder) October 9, 2018

Holy crap!!

That N Dak law may have disenfranchised about 10% of the STATE’S TOTAL POPULATION (70K out of 700K). And that total pop includes those over 18, so total impact even larger.

That’s an aggressive—and, mince no words, intentionally racist—move. https://t.co/xRFYRAxOFG pic.twitter.com/Er8J97G9Pq

— John Pfaff (@JohnFPfaff) October 10, 2018

SCOTUS just upheld voter ID law in North Dakota that could disenfranchise thousands of Native voters & cost Heidi Heitkamp her Senate seat. "The risk of disenfranchisement is large" RBG writes in dissent https://t.co/jZVB955OGa

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) October 9, 2018

North Dakota has no voter registration, so proof of identity makes sense.
But Republicans made it so that one's address had to be a residential address instead of a P.O. box knowing full well that Native Americans on reservations rely exclusively on the latter in large numbers https://t.co/p3ZeQViAXe

— Stephen Wolf (@PoliticsWolf) October 9, 2018

Breaking: #SCOTUS allows North Dakota voter ID requirement, which had been enjoined during the primaries, to be enforced during the general election. pic.twitter.com/wEvQcttwxz

— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) October 9, 2018

North Dakota's voter ID law is an assault on minority voters. Republicans designed it to disenfranchise Native Americans and prevent Sen. Heidi Heitkamp from winning reelection. SCOTUS let it take effect anyway. https://t.co/iJw6BaANyR @Slate

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) October 10, 2018

With only weeks to go until Election Day, it is clear this is another blatant attempt to suppress votes. We should be encouraging voters to participate in our democracy, not making it harder for them to cast their ballot. https://t.co/aJ6O65qTBe

— Baltimore Fiber (@BmoreFiber) October 17, 2018

“… the Supreme Court released a 6-to-2 decision upholding a law requiring North Dakotans who want to vote to provide a street address. It’s a good thing for the Republicans that so many Native Americans don’t have them.” https://t.co/ceg09rR4vD

— Let America Vote (@letamericavote) October 21, 2018

Deliberately stripping Native Americans — the ORIGINAL Americans — of the vote is about as sick as it gets https://t.co/JoxRRRom2U

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) October 23, 2018