voting rights – Page 7

Federal Court Holds Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe Has Standing to Bring Voting Rights Act Claims on Behalf of Tribal Citizens

February 12, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Spirit Lake Tribe v. Jaeger (D.N.D.):

51 Second Amended Complaint

Ninth Circuit En Banc Panel Holds Arizona Discriminates against Voters of Color

January 29, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Democratic National Committee v. Hobbs. A powerful history of the State’s suppression of Native voting begins on page 54 of Judge Fletcher’s majority opinion. The work of Patty Ferguson-Bohnee is cited repeatedly on this point.

Briefs:

Materials in Navajo Nation, et al. v. Reagan – Voting Rights Litigation

November 27, 2019Matthew Campbell

Here are the materials in Navajo Nation, et al. v. Reagan, et al. No. CV-18-08329-PCT-DWL (Ariz. D. Ct. 2019).

The Amended Complaint sought:

[D]eclaratory and injunctive relief, compelling the Defendants to (a) allow early voters who do not sign their ballot affidavit to have the same opportunity to cure the ballot deficiency that is provided to voters with a mismatched signature, (b) allow early voters who do not sign their ballot affidavit to have the same chance to cure their ballot as voters who vote by conditional provisional ballots, (c) provide translators certified as proficient in the Navajo language for all future early voting and election-day polling sites, (d) provide translation of instructions for casting an early ballot in Navajo over the radio for the 30 days leading up to an election, (e) establish additional in-person voter registration sites, and (f) establish additional early voting sites on the Reservation for all future elections that are open for consistent hours (at a minimum, each Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. with no interruption during the lunch hour) during the 30 days leading up to the election. This relief is sought on the grounds that failure to provide the requested relief is a denial of the equal right to vote.

The lawsuit was settled, and the Settlements can be seen here: