CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - A Democratic Party organizer on Wyoming’s Wind River Reservation said she and other activists faced difficulties in their efforts to vote early in Fremont County.
In a Facebook post Tuesday night, Lynnette Grey Bull said she and others were told by an employee at the Lander county clerk’s office they needed a valid state-licensed driver’s license to register and vote early.
However, the Casper Star-Tribune reports there are other ways under state law for people to provide identity.
Grey Bull and the others were able to register and vote, but she says the episode felt like racism and discrimination against American Indians in Fremont County.
County Clerk Julie Freese says Monday’s incident was more an example of a miscommunication of the law, rather than discrimination or racism.
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Information from: Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune, http://www.trib.com
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