[4] On October 9, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States refused to overturn North Dakota's voter ID law, called HB 1369.

A group of seven Native American voters led by Richard Brakebill, a U.S. Navy veteran enrolled in the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, challenged HB 1369 as violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

In the case of Brakebill v. Jaeger, judge Daniel L. Hovland of the District Court of North Dakota ruled in April 2018 that large parts of HB 1369 were unconstitutional, including the prohibition on IDs with PO box addresses.

Consequently, Hovland's ruling remained inoperative and HB 1369 was effective for the November 2018 general elections, with many people without the right ID being unable to vote.

[5][6][7][8] Activists reacted to these suppression measures by educating voters, helping them get their identification cards updated, and giving them rides to the polls on election day.