District 19 ND Dem-NPL

05/10/2026

05/10/2026

I can't turn a blind eye to the new era of "John" Crow laws. (I know, it was Jim Crow, now it is "John" Crow.)

Last week, the court of injustice gutted the Voting Rights Act. One of the dissenting justices, Kagan, wrote:

"Under the court’s new view of section 2, a state can, without l legal consequence, systematically dilute minority citizens’ voting power...The majority claims only to be ‘updat[ing]’ our section 2 law, as though through a few technical tweaks. In fact, those ‘updates’ eviscerate the law....Today’s decision renders section 2 all but a dead letter. The decision here is about Louisiana’s district 6. But so too it is about Louisiana’s district 2. And so too it is about the many other districts, particularly in the south, that in the last half-century have given minority citizens, and particularly African Americans, a meaningful political voice. After today, those districts exist only on sufferance, and probably not for long.”

Yesterday, Tennessee lawmakers cut up a district that carved up a majority black district in Memphis. Kagan was right. Other southern states are already making the news maps.

One of the six injustices, Alito, wrote in the majority opinion, "Allowing race to play any part in government decision-making represents a departure from the constitutional rule that applies in almost every other context compliance with section 2 thus could not justify the state’s use of race-based redistricting here. The state’s attempt to satisfy the middle district’s ruling, although understandable, was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.”

Ah, but injustice Alito, will allow the state to use race where it can strangle the voice of a minority, to limit their ability to participate in governance, to reduce them to NPCs...and for what?

What do you gain by showing state supported racism can exist if only by another name?

Not honor. Not glory. But a stain on this nation that will spread like poison permitting discrimination at best & hostility and harm at worse.

To live requires holding on to hope. It is my hope that this image of lawmakers locking arms is one we, as a nation, will celebrate in the decades to come. That Justice will find a home in our nation, again.

05/10/2026

Be ready for the June 9 Primary Election.
Visit https://vote.nd.gov/myvotinginfo to view a sample ballot for where you live.

05/10/2026

He did that!

What are you thinking when you fill up at the pump?

05/10/2026

The North Dakota Primary Election is June 9 - just one month away! Have you made your plan to vote yet?

Make sure you have a valid ID, explore your voting options, and preview a sample ballot so you know what to expect when voting. Head to vote.nd.gov for everything you need to be prepared.

05/10/2026

Across the country, state lawmakers are introducing bills that would require documentary proof of citizenship, or DPOC, to register to vote or request a ballot. These proposals would force voters to provide physical documents, such as a passport, birth certificate, or naturalization papers, before r...

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