The U.S. Department of Justice says a lawsuit over satellite voting centers on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation ought to move forward.
Jackson County was sued in September by four residents of Wanblee, a reservation town of 725. They say the county’s initial refusal to set up a satellite voting center for in-person absentee balloting amounted to a violation of the federal Voting Rights Act. [Read more here.]
Source: John Hult, Sioux Falls Argus Leader; 1.3.15
