Can someone please explain why they can simultaneously be their own tribal nation and also part of the United States? Genuine question. Why do they get both? Are they considered a territory like PR?
All native communities must have protected access to the ballot box. Let’s pass the Native American Voting Rights Act to:
Ensure Tribal IDs are sufficient to vote
Create more satellite voting in Indian country
Hire and train Tribal members as election workers
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The Constitution has provisions specific to Tribal Nations, aside from pointing out the obvious as to why that is, here are the three summarized principles as interpreted by the Supreme Court:
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One thing you should know about Indians. We're fairly astute in the area of governmental deception.
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Wait... how do you claim to be sovereign but then you want to vote? Don't you have to pick a team?
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Well, you see there's this thing where the US government forces them to be part of the US in material reality, and so whilst their sovereignty is denied, the least the US gov can do is give them full voting rights, and increase their ability to vote.
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Tribal IDs? Great Idea lets make sure every one has an ID in order to vote!
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A voter I.d. . Great idea.
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Yay! You’re for voter ID, what a concept.
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As a Cherokee I find this idea makes Native Americans out to be inadequate to vote on our own accord.
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States are doing it. She's saying Native IDs should be sufficient and that states should not impose additional hurdles. https://www.npr.org/2018/10/13/657125819/many-native-ids-wont-be-accepted-at-north-dakota-polling-places … You can do an Internet search for "Native American ID voting" or something similar.
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