Many of the primary voting complaints were lodged in Fargo, which has the state's largest Black population and has resettled about 75 percent of the state's refugees, most of whom are from Bhutan, Bosnia, Somalia and Iraq.
Some poll workers in North Dakota who created confusion and frustration during the spring primary by allegedly demanding proof of U.S. citizenship particularly from immigrants and people of color had no power to do so, the state attorney general said.
The North Dakota attorney general says some poll workers who created confusion and frustration in the spring primary by allegedly demanding proof of United States citizenship particularly from immigrants and people of color had no power to do so. The opinion released Wednesday by Attorney General Drew Wrigley has drawn mixed reviews. It says that North Dakota law does not require a voter to provide documents of citizenship in order to cast a ballot. Wrigley says every voter is asked if they are a citizen and if they answer yes, they should be allowed to vote provided they have proper ID. Some activists and others in Fargo, which had numerous complaints about voters being turned away, hope that all poll workers will get the message.
(Bismarck, ND) Attorney General Drew Wrigley says North Dakota election workers can't require proof of citizenship to vote. Wrigley issued the opinion Thursday after a formal request from Cass County State's Attorney Birch Burdick to clarify state law. The attorney general stated in his opinion that poll workers can't ask for identification or other proof of citizenship.
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