Judge Blocks Montana Ballot Collection Law Challenged by Native American Tribes
Source: Courthouse News Service
July 7, 2020
(CN) A Montana judge Tuesday blocked a state law that restricts who can collect ballots, finding it likely violates Native Americans right to vote.
In a state where over 73% of voters cast ballots by mail, the Ballot Interference Prevention Act, enacted by Montanas 2017 Legislature, restricts who can collect ballots and dictates that caregivers, family members and others can collect no more than six ballots per election.
Several Native American tribes and advocacy groups claim in their suit challenging the law that Native Americans in Montanas seven reservations are particularly isolated, and tribal members often must rely on someone else to collect or transport their ballots to the post office.
The law also mandates that only household members, personal friends, postal workers, election officials or caregivers can carry a tribal members ballot to be mailed, and prohibited third-party ballot-collection organizations from helping tribal members cast their mail-in ballots.
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groundloop
(11,521 posts)2naSalit
(86,765 posts)the tribal efforts to be able to participate. We have a stupid state legislature who are basically rumpers, this was a rider, I think, in a Bill that was a must pass situation so Bullock was forced to sign it. Bullock has been pretty good at navigating the legislative body's bullshit, I hope he wins the Senate seat.
Karma13612
(4,554 posts)I will be happy today with that AND as long as Ghislaine Maxwell is still safely in jail awaiting arraignment later this week.
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