House OKs study of Native American voting
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by PHIL DRAKE | Great Falls Tribune
HELENA – The House approved a resolution Tuesday to do a study over the interim on barriers to voting by Native Americans in Montana while ensuring election security.
House Joint Resolution 10, sponsored by Rep. Alan Doane, R-Bloomfield, passed 90-5, and now moves to the Senate. It calls on the State-Tribal Relations Committee to study barriers to voting by Montana Native Americans.
It will look at deadlines and procedures for elections, including requirements for physical addresses and identification, and any obstacles to those requirements on reservations in Montana.
It is also to analyze options for addressing any barriers while ensuring election security; review mail ballot requirements and options, and the impact of those requirements on reservations and any other matters the committee deems appropriate...
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