Judge blocks North Dakota's voter identification law - News Summed Up

Judge blocks North Dakota's voter identification law


Earlier in July, a federal appellate court ruled that Texas' voter ID law was discriminatory. A federal judge on Monday blocked North Dakota's voter identification law after a group of American Indians said it unfairly burdens them — the latest court ruling against voting laws that critics say disproportionately affect minorities. North Dakota accepts a driver's license as identification or identity cards issued by the state, long-term care facilities or North Dakota's American Indian tribes. The judge also wrote that only 78 percent of Native Americans have a driver's license that they could potentially use as voter identification, compared with 94 percent of non-Natives. "The point of these laws is to keep people from voting and suppressing the Native American vote, who generally vote Democratic in North Dakota."


Source: Fox News August 01, 2016 22:34 UTC



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