I have been hearing from some of the Indians in my neck of the woods that they are planning a big voter registration effort soon. There are supposed to be over 1,000,000 Native Americans that are not registered and the aim of this drive is to change that.

And when it comes to all the new laws that Republicans have put into place to suppress voter registrations, well, for Native Americans those laws don't exist. Most of the tribes have Treaties that go back over one hundred years that spell out what type of laws they are exempt from and it seems ANY law that prevents them from exercising their right to vote, or to register to vote, is null and void among anyone who is a tribal member.

I am sure there is a great deal more to this, and I am just passing on what I have been told over coffee.

And if anyone, up to and including the FBI, tries to infringe on their treaty rights the Indians have their own Police force to deal with this. Around here they are called the Lighthorse, and on tribal lands they are the ultimate decider of who is breaking the law. This was settled a few year ago in the Osage Nation when the FBI and DEA came in and tried to arrest a Medicine Man. Despite their good intentions they had to admit they had no authority on tribal lands covered by the Osage Treaty.

They don't ride horses though. They drive Ford Police Interceptors.

This could get interesting.

Guess you missed Holder trying to keep foreigners/dead people off the Fla rolls.
Then they must be illegal native Americans.

I'm suddenly skeered....

You mean like wanting a photo ID or maybe wanting voters to be citizens? Oh the HORROR!

Calling this voter suppression is about as ridiculous as anything I can ever imagine.

As a former Election Judge, I did everything possible to see that ANYONE LEGALLY REGISTERED was able to cast their vote. It didn't matter if I knew full well they were voting for the other side. At the same time, people who were NOT LEGALLY registered to vote did NOT get a ballot, even if I knew they were on my side.

You might want to get involved in the process so that you can learn something about it.

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I hope they have volunteers who will help them vote for the right people.

Did you know in Texas it is a Felony to register someone to vote if you have not passed a class that allows you to do so? This is one of the new laws Gov. Perry pushed through.

Think about that. If you hand someone a Voter Registration card and you are not certified by the state of Texas to do so you have just committed a Felony.

You might want to get involved in the process so that you can learn something about it.

By the way.... According to their Treaties Native Americans are exempt from this law.

I spent several years as Election Judge in my precinct in Texas.

Please, tell me what is wrong with the people who register others to vote, being properly trained? I suppose what you would rather do, is have people like ACORN volunteers registering the entire roster of the Dallas Cowboys as happened in the last election cycle? Oh by the way, that was done in Nevada. The Dallas Cowboys are in Texas.

How awful can it be to see that those who vote do so legally? Is your side worried about a fair election or something?

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As usual, Larry only tells the part of the story that fits his narrow gauge point of view. The Cowboys were never registered. ACORN spotted the false registrations and turned them in as such.

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Did Larry post again?

Many reservations are jurisdictional nightmares as far as law enforcement is concerned. It depends entirely on what agreements have been made between the individual tribes and the Fed.

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1,000,001. Your forgot to count the gal in Mass running for senate.

Fauxcahontus?

i think they are .65 --of one percent of the total population

I imagine they wish they could give those beads back.

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