A federal judge has refused to dismiss an Indian voting rights lawsuit in South Dakota. Thomas Poor Bear, the vice president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, is the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit. The complaint seeks the creation of a satellite voter registration office on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
“Specifically, because in-person voter registration and in-person absentee voting are limited to the county seat of Kadok, Native American residents of Jackson County are required to travel, on average, approximately twice as far (and such travel takes approximately twice as much time) to take advantage of in-person registration and in-person absentee voting in comparison to white residents of Jackson County,” the complaint states. [Read more here.]
Source: Native Sun News; 5.5.15
