Comment on Native American groups issue more than 2,000 free IDs to their members to fight North Dakota's voter suppression laws

REUTERS/Dan Koeck Native American groups in North Dakota have helped provide its members more than 2,000 ID cards in advance of the 2018 midterm elections. North Dakota once had one of the most relaxed voting laws in the country, but Republican lawmakers cracked down on voting after the 2012 election. Some of those laws made it harder for Native Americans to vote by requiring a type of ID many can't easily obtain. Tribes in North Dakota have helped provide more than 2,000 identification cards to Native Americans in advance of the 2018 midterm elections, defying a state law that would otherwise strip many of them of their ability to vote. The law requires voters to have an ID card displaying their exact residency.