WASHINGTON - Hundreds of Native Americans living off the postal grid in North Dakota will not be able to vote in the Nov 6 midterm elections after a judge upheld on Thursday (Nov 1) a new rule requiring voters to show identification bearing their street addresses.
The law is part of a larger pattern of recent administrative changes passed ostensibly as bulwarks against voter fraud, but which disproportionately affect minority voters.
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