I saw this article at the top of my Yahoo! Newsfeed. And since it involves my home state I thought I would check it out. I fully expected an uninformed hit piece with a very liberal slant. Lo and behold, they actually put the information needed into the article.
Those with no driver’s license, can get a non-driver state ID allowed at the polls from the motor vehicle department for free.
And this isn’t something you can only get a few days of the year either. Any day that the office is open, you can pick one up. And they are good for years, just like your Drivers License. At some point before the election I would think you might be coming into town. If not, you’re probably not coming in to vote either. If you can’t get a ride from a neighbor or family member who drives, they do have a bus on the rez as well. There’s an office in Rolla, there’s another in Rugby, and another in Minot. It’s actually more inconvenient for the people living in Bottineau than the people living on the rez. (Edit: Looks like there is a DMV office in Bottineau now as well.)
If the free ID card is too expensive to invest in, you’re simply looking for attention rather than solutions. We’re not talking onerous rules and regulations here. We don’t even have voter registration. Quit playing the victim card. Quit being an attention whore. Get off your ass and go get your free ID.
EDIT: Oh dear lord, someone in the comments of the article pointed out that Norquay has a pack of cigarettes sitting on the table next to him. Perhaps prioritizing isn’t a strong suit in his life. Because if he has money to spend on something like cigarettes, he really shouldn’t be complaining about how he can’t afford to get the six miles (yes, 6 whole miles) from Belcourt, in the middle of the Turtle Mountain Reservation to the DMV in Rolla, to pick up his free ID.
Edit: 09-25-2018
8th Circuit Appeals court allows ND voter law to stand.
June 1, 2016 at 12:00 am
Don’t you know it’s much easier to file a lawsuit than to get an ID? lmao
NDNs these days give NDNs a bad name. Seems like all we have left are the ‘hang around to fort’ types.
Most of them vote straight demoncrat. In all my years doing powwows, I can count the conservatives I’ve met on one hand. And that’s using the thumb for myself. Pathetic.