North Dakota must pay tribes $450K in costs from voter ID lawsuits Tribal nations sued North Dakota over a state requirement that voters have an ID with a valid residential street address. 6:00 pm, Jul. 20, 2021 × Kim Three Irons, Fort Totten district representative on the Spirit Lake Reservation, was among members of the Spirit Lake Nation applying for North Dakota state identification cards Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, for voting in the upcoming election. Rachel Mount, right, operations manager for drivers licenses in Bismarck, processes her information. Eric Hylden / Grand Forks Herald BISMARCK — A panel of judges has ordered North Dakota to pay more than $450,000 in attorney fees and costs accrued by tribes that sued the state over voter identification requirements that they alleged disproportionately burdened Native Americans.