North Dakota tribes ask circuit judges for rehearing of voting rights case

  • Jamie Azure, chair of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, spoke during the Tribal Leaders Summit in Bismarck on Sept. 4, 2024. Turtle Mountain, Spirit Lake Nation and three tribal citizens are challenging a ruling in a voting rights case. Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor
    Jamie Azure, chair of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, spoke during the Tribal Leaders Summit in Bismarck on Sept. 4, 2024. Turtle Mountain, Spirit Lake Nation and three tribal citizens are challenging a ruling in a voting rights case. Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor

    The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, Spirit Lake Nation and three tribal citizens last week asked the full 8th Circuit Court of Appeals to review a three-judge panel’s finding that they lack standing to bring a voting discrimination case against the state of North Dakota.

    In a 2-1 decision earlier this month, the panel overruled a North Dakota federal district court’s decision that a redistricting…