Right now a diarist on the Daily Kos is reporting that Apache votes are being suppressed by Republicans in Arizona because their driver's licenses have PO Box numbers. Classic.
Here is the text of the article. DON'T SIT DOWN AND TAKE THIS NONSENSE!!
Native Americans in Whiteriver, Arizona, are being denied the right to vote because their drivers licenses have post office boxes.
Republican challengers are forcing the Apaches to accept provisional ballots because they say they need a physical address on their IDs.
They are also turning these voters away, not telling them how to do the verification to make their provisional ballot good.
Update: Getting more information form the scene: Problem apparently limited to people who have moved recently.
EricAZ's diary :: ::
We are working with the Navajo County officials in Holbrook and state Democratic lawyers in Phoenix, but could use help and advice.
Thanks.
Sorry for the short diary. Will update with more information.
Here is the text of one of the comments from that diary. It's not from an American Indian but you'll see how stubborn you need to be to vote in some places in Arizona today.
PHX:
I got a hassled because My two forms of id,
(drivers and fingerprint clearance card) did not match my current address, even though i handed the poll worker my sample ballot with my address clearly on it. I also was on the roll, and it seemed she didn't see my name until I pointed it out. She said i couldn't vote because i didn't have any matching address on an iD and said, "sorry" as she pointed to the listed rules. I said it not been a problem at my previous PHX address and that I wasn't going anywhere. I pulled a piece of mail out from my bank with the current address also on it as I became visibly angry, and started to dig my heels in , saying it wasn't going down like this.
She relented when I pulled out my cell phone, checking me off.
It was clear I was legit, I was on the roll right in front of my eyes, and I had Az. drivers license and a fingerprint clearance card and my sample ballot with my current address and name perfectly matching the voter roll. Only when I started to raise a stink did she relent.
How many others don't fight for their right and meekly walk away.
Cnn voter lines are dead ending and my local election board lines diconnected me. I shit you not.'
This is creepy.
I still fucking voted for Obama today.
Don't forget folks. Native Vote was organized to protect your rights. Use their resources. If you feel you are being prevented from voting or that a voting machine is switching a vote to the Republican candidate (I say this because oddly enough it never seems to get switched to the Democratic candidate)CALL 1-866-OUR-VOTE.
FYI - Very few people from Arizona read this blog, but if you're from AZ and having a problem HERE is the link to the Arizona Secretary of State's Office, which gives other forms of ID you can show too. Just insist.
If you're from the Dakotas, go a few posts down to see links to those SOS offices and the voting requirements.
This election will make history.
INSIST THAT YOUR VOTE BE COUNTED!!!
1-866-OUR-VOTE!!!!
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