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North Dakota Voter ID Law Could Keep Rural Native Americans From Voting

It's legal and common for Native people in the state's five reservations not to have street addresses. But under the law, proof of residence is required to vote.
People stand with flags against the backdrop a crescent moon after sunset at an encampment for people joining the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's protest against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), near Cannon Ball, N.D., on Sept. 3, 2016. (Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)

The Supreme Court declined this month to overturn a North Dakota law that requires voters to present an ID listing their residential address at the polls.

The decision could have a negative impact on tens of thousands of rural voters — many of them Native Americans who live

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