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General Category => Greater Reno Tahoe Area => Topic started by: AngelOfThyNight on September 12, 2016, 08:01:37 PM
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Nevada tribes: Unequal polling access violates voting rights
RENO — Tribal leaders in Nevada asked a U.S. judge Wednesday to order the state and two counties to establish satellite polling places on reservations where they say Native Americans are being denied an equal opportunity to vote in the November elections. Two Paiute tribes filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Reno accusing Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske and Washoe and Mineral counties of discriminating by illegally refusing tribe members voting access afforded to people in wealthier, mostly white neighborhoods. Members of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe living in Washoe County say they must travel 96 miles …
Source: Nevada tribes: Unequal polling access violates voting rights (http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/local/23818186-113/nevada-tribes-unequal-polling-access-violates-voting-rights?utm_source=swift_rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss-referrals&utm_section=Local)