{"id":188019,"date":"2018-11-02T22:34:46","date_gmt":"2018-11-03T02:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=188019"},"modified":"2018-11-02T22:34:46","modified_gmt":"2018-11-03T02:34:46","slug":"ap-fact-check-claim-voters-lose-hunting-licenses-false","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/11\/02\/ap-fact-check-claim-voters-lose-hunting-licenses-false\/","title":{"rendered":"AP FACT CHECK: Claim that voters lose hunting licenses false"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cThere’s no such law like that,\u201d said Bruce Tague, the vice-president of government affairs for the pro-hunting lobbying group Sportsmen’s Alliance. (File Photo: By US House Office of Photography\/Wikimedia <\/a>commons, Public Domain<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The North Dakota Democratic Party posted a misleading ad on its website and on Facebook that suggests state residents should reconsider voting in this year’s election if they have hunting licenses in other states.<\/p>\n

Republican Rep. Kevin Cramer is seeking to unseat U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp in this year’s Midterm election.<\/p>\n

The ad comes soon after courts have upheld a provision of North Dakota’s voter ID law that requires IDs to include a street address to be valid. American Indian tribes unsuccessfully challenged the requirement, arguing that it risks disenfranchising some tribal members who long relied on post office boxes.<\/p>\n

A look at the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party’s claim:<\/p>\n

CLAIM: \u201cBy voting in North Dakota, you could forfeit your hunting licenses.\u201d – posted on the Democratic party’s website this week.<\/p>\n

THE FACTS: The ad is false.<\/p>\n

Nearly every state in the U.S. offers out-of-state residents a hunting license. North Dakota residents can obtain nonresident hunting licenses in other states regardless of whether they vote. All states that border North Dakota offer such a license for nonresidents.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere’s no such law like that,\u201d said Bruce Tague, the vice-president of government affairs for the pro-hunting lobbying group Sportsmen’s Alliance.<\/p>\n

Typically, states charge more for non-resident hunting licenses than resident permits.<\/p>\n

Hunters who move to North Dakota might invalidate their hunting license in other states. He noted Ohio, however, offers lifetime hunting licenses to residents that are valid even if a person moves out of the state.<\/p>\n

A spokeswoman for North Dakota Democrats pointed to Kentucky as an example where hunting licenses may be invalidated if someone votes in North Dakota.<\/p>\n

But Kentucky offers both resident and nonresident licenses , with a higher price for nonresidents, said Kevin Kelly, a spokesman for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe welcome them,\u201d Kelly said of out-of-state hunters. \u201cWe want people to come hunt.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ad is similar to claims that discourage out-of-state college students from voting in elections, said Sean Morales-Doyle, counsel for the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, which focuses on voting rights.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is aimed at telling people who are eligible to vote, not to vote because of some fear that we can’t say is based in reality,\u201d said Morales-Doyle.<\/p>\n

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