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TexasTowelie

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Thu May 31, 2018, 01:46 PM May 2018

North Dakota, tribes fail to reach settlement over voter ID

BISMARCK, N.D. — Talks between the state of North Dakota a group of Native Americans failed to reach agreement over ways that tribal members can prove their identity in order to vote.

Republican Secretary of State Al Jaeger said the two sides could find no agreement during the closed-door meeting Tuesday. He declined to discuss any of the proposals, saying they are confidential.

Discussions "possibly may continue," Jaeger said. "We're leaving the door open."

Tom Dickson, a Bismarck-based lawyer for tribal members, said he was hopeful a settlement could be reached. But he said "the ball is in the state's court."

Read more: http://billingsgazette.com/news/government-and-politics/north-dakota-tribes-fail-to-reach-settlement-over-voter-id/article_0edb8f3a-a019-525e-a4ce-3cd47c5cb14d.html

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North Dakota, tribes fail to reach settlement over voter ID (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2018 OP
This Red State well knows how the Native Am votes lean. Wwcd May 2018 #1
 

Wwcd

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1. This Red State well knows how the Native Am votes lean.
Thu May 31, 2018, 01:50 PM
May 2018

ND, where voter suppression is made to sound legit.

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