BIA was my understanding.I heard this on a Native American talk show public radio runs in my area (Native America Calling); I was looking for a link on what the problem was with issuing the ids, without too much success. Doesn't mean it ain't so though... the local government out there isn't all that internet-oriented. Ir I could just be using the wrong key words. "Issue" does not pull up the right sort of stuff and "tribe voter id" brings up the fact that a tribal id is considered identification. It would seem to be a solution if the Navaho issue an ID -- presumably they know who their people are. Maybe the problem was that the BIA would not budget it?
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 8:47 PM, Scott Stroz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The ride is not the issue; the issue is voting once they get there. I >> mentioned driving because of the license. The ID is tough because they >> tend to want you to have an address, which is a concept that also >> really does not always apply out there. The simplest thing would be to >> left the chapter houses issue tribal ids but apparently the feds >> killed that one for this election at least. >> > > If they have no address then how are boards fo election to know whether or > not the person is at the correct polling place? I know in New Jersey and > West Virginia, you can get a state issued ID from DMV. All it takes is a > little initiiative. > > This seems like more of a logistics issue than a political one. And when > you say 'feds', do you mean the Democratically controlled Congress or some > other agency? > > -- > Scott Stroz > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:276892 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
