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[shadowkat]

This never occurred to me as a direct result of the weakening of the Voting Rights Act in 2013.

While the Native American population is small nationally, lawsuits involving tribes over voting problems have proliferated since the Supreme Court struck down parts of the Voting Rights Act in 2013, a signature legislative achievement of the 1960s civil rights movement.

North Dakota is one of 17 states that have new voting restrictions in place since the last presidential contest, according to the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law.

Many of these changes have sparked lawsuits and accusations that black, Hispanic and other minority voters could be disenfranchised.

Five federal lawsuits involving Native Americans have been filed since the Supreme Court decision, including three this year alone.

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I wonder if some of the issues that arose during the Arizona primaries may be a result of that law. At any rate, this is going to an interesting election. I'm hoping it's not going to be a repeat of Gore vs. Bush....I really don't want Trump as President. Bush, in retrospect, doesn't seem that bad...