DOJ and NCAI file briefs in Montana Indian voting rights case

Thursday, March 28, 2013  

The Department of Justice and the National Congress of American Indians submitted briefs in an Indian voting rights case in Montana.

Members of the Crow Tribe, the Northern Cheyenne Tribe and the Fort Belknap Indian Community sued the state in order to establish satellite voting offices on their reservations. Judge Richard Cebull rejected their request so the plaintiffs have taken their case to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

"Refusing to establish early voter and registration sites in satellite locations on Indian reservations discriminates against American Indians," NCAI said in its brief.

Turtle Talk has posted documents from the case, Wandering Medicine v. McCulloch.

Get the Story:
Feds: Judge wrong to deny Indian satellite voting (AP 3/28)
Press Release: Brief highlights difficulties on-reservation Native voters face in achieving voting rights equality in Montana (NCAI 3/27)

Judge won't require state to open voting offices on reservations (10/31)