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The Voting Rights Act in Indian Country: South Dakota, A Case Study
Description
Laughlin McDonald*
The problems that Indians continue to experience in South Dakota in securing an equal right to vote strongly support the extension of the special provisions of the Voting Rights Act scheduled to expire in 2007. They also demonstrate the ultimate wisdom of Congress in making permanent and nationwide the basic guarantee of equal political participation contained in the act.1
Category: Legal, Civic Participation, Civil Rights, Legal, Native American
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