Also going to add a little about how Voter ID Laws that began to tke center stage in 2011, 2012 and 2013 have contributed to voter suppression in many states that have adopted laws limiting and restricting the types of ID they accept in order to vote.
North Dakota is the most notable example. Ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, North Dakota
Passed a controversial, last minute voter ID law that required residents to show identification with a current street address. A P.O. box no longer qualified as a valid address.
This largely impacted and disenfranchised Native voters living in communities that don't often have street addressss and mail is delivered to PO Boxes in rural post offices.
In fact, it was just earlier this year that tribes filing lawsuits in response to these changes in Voter ID laws was settled -
npr.org/2020/02/14/806…
I'll be updating this thread cuz we keep seeing changes to voter laws especially under the current administration hellbent on suppressing the vote and manipulating the electoral process.
It's not enough to vote people, you need to understand the vote and the history that allows us to see the paths, that for better or worse, we are heading toward.
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