Indians Harrassed, Prevented from Voting in SD Election
Monday, June 21, 2004 at 08:57PM
TheSpook
When Native Americans attempted to vote in the
South Dakota election on June 1 many were met with pervasive resistance
from whites. South Dakota has a long history of anti-Indian voting
rights violations, involving many of the same tactics that were
employed against blacks in the pre-civil-rights-era South: county
officials who try to prevent Indians from registering, district lines
deliberately drawn to keep Indians from being elected to public office,
and harassment and intimidation of Indian voters and candidates. [more]
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