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

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...

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