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1 year ago

THINGS TO KNOW: Deadline looms for new map in embattled North Dakota redistricting lawsuit

BISMARCK, N.D. — The clock is running out on a Friday deadline for North Dakota’s Republican-controlled Legislature to draw new legislative boundaries compliant with the Voting Rights Act for two Native American tribes who successfully sued for new lines. A federal judge last month ruled that the state’s 2021 redistricting map violates the landmark 1965 civil rights law in diluting …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Judge’s ruling awaited in tribes’ lawsuit over North Dakota redistricting map

Associated Press

BISMARCK, N.D. — A federal judge is expected to decide in the coming weeks whether the new boundaries of North Dakota’s legislative districts dilute Native American voters’ strength on two reservations whose tribes are challenging the map approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature. North Dakota District Chief Judge Peter Welte has taken the matter under advisement, with a June 30 deadline …

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1 year, 6 months ago

EXPLAINER: Trial begins in tribes’ lawsuit over North Dakota redistricting map

Associated Press

BISMARCK, N.D. — Two tribes are in federal court this week, trying to prove to a judge that North Dakota’s legislative district map dilutes Native American voters’ strength on their reservations. A trial began Monday in Fargo in the federal lawsuit brought last year by the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and the Spirit Lake Tribe, who allege the …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Trial set in North Dakota tribes’ lawsuit over redistricting

Associated Press

BISMARCK, N.D. — A trial has been set in a federal lawsuit brought by two Native American tribes that allege North Dakota’s new legislative map dilutes tribal members’ voting strength. The lawsuit filed in February by the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and the Spirit Lake Tribe alleges that the state’s new legislative map violates the Voting Rights Act. Spirit …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Judge refuses to dismiss tribes’ lawsuit over redistricting

Associated Press

BISMARCK, N.D. — A federal judge in North Dakota has denied the state’s request to throw out a lawsuit brought by two Native American tribes that allege the state’s new legislative map dilutes tribal members’ voting strength. The lawsuit filed in February by the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and the Spirit Lake Tribe alleges that the state’s Republican-led Legislature’s …

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2 years, 10 months ago

2nd lawsuit targets North Dakota tribal subdistricts

Associated Press

BISMARCK, N.D. — A second lawsuit has been filed opposing the Legislature’s creation of state House subdistricts encompassing American Indian reservations in North Dakota, alleging that the consideration of race is unconstitutional. The Bismarck Tribune reports attorneys for North Dakota Republican Party District 4 Chairman Charles Walen, of New Town, and District 9 GOP chairman candidate Paul Henderson, of Calvin, …

Indian House Legislature North Dakota Lawsuit Targets Turtle Mountain Tribal Subdistricts

2 years, 10 months ago

Tribes sue North Dakota over new redistricting map

Associated Press

BISMARCK, N.D. — Two American Indian tribes have sued North Dakota, alleging the state’s new legislative map dilutes tribal members’ voting strength. It separates the state House districts on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in northern North Dakota and the Fort Berthold reservation, in the heart of the state’s oil patch in the western part of the state and home …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Native Americans Are Afraid, Hard-Hit As Coronavirus Spikes In The Great Plains

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING The coronavirus is devastating Native American communities as infections are on the rise nationwide. Scott Davis — a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and executive director of North Dakota’s Indian Affairs Commission, a state agency — called the coronavirus “very stressful” for tribes and “one of the biggest concerns” they’ve had to face in his …

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THINGS TO KNOW: Deadline looms for new map in embattled North Dakota redistricting lawsuit

Judge’s ruling awaited in tribes’ lawsuit over North Dakota redistricting map

EXPLAINER: Trial begins in tribes’ lawsuit over North Dakota redistricting map

Trial set in North Dakota tribes’ lawsuit over redistricting

Judge refuses to dismiss tribes’ lawsuit over redistricting

2nd lawsuit targets North Dakota tribal subdistricts

Tribes sue North Dakota over new redistricting map

Native Americans Are Afraid, Hard-Hit As Coronavirus Spikes In The Great Plains