Native Americans on three remote reservations in Montana have won improved access to the ballot box due in part to the work of a team of researchers from Claremont Graduate University (CGU).
Jean Schroedel, a professor in CGU’s Division of Politics and Economics and a leading expert on Native American voter suppression, was recruited to serve as an expert witness in the case of Wandering Medicine vs McCulloch, in which a group of Native Americans sued state and county officials, arguing that the long distances they had to travel to reach election offices effectively denied them an equal ability to register and vote. Mark Wandering Medicine, the lead plaintiff in the suit, had to travel 180 miles round trip if he wanted to do late registration or early voting at the county seat. [Read more here.]
Source: Claremont Graduate University; 6.18.14
