2014 Voting News Stories

Navajo Nation Supreme Court concludes hearing officer within his authority to rule on election case (Daily Times) 12/5/14

Navajo court to hear challenge in president's race (KSL) 11/13/14

Tentative date set for Navajo presidential contest (KRQE) 11/11/14

Oglala Sioux faces voting rights suit (Indianz) 11/10/14

Native Alaska votes and celebrates (Indian Country Today) 11/5/14

Fort Berthold candidates see chance for change in heart of Bakken Shale (E&E Publishing) 11/3/14

Making voting friendly the Alaska Native way (Indian Country Today) 11/3/14

Navajo Supreme Court postpones presidential election, date TBA (Indian Country Today) 11/1/14

Authenticity matters to voters deciding Alaska's Senate race (PBS) 10/30/14

Hunting for whale & votes above the Arctic Circle (AP News) 10/27/14

How a South Dakota county is suppressing the Native American vote (Think Progress) 10/26/14

Residents of Pine Ridge reservation file lawsuit claiming voting rights violations (Greenfield Reporter) 10/12/14

Early voting for Crow, Blackfeet (and a future Oglala Lakota County?) (Indian Country Today) 10/10/14

The deep south up north: The struggle for American Indian voting rights in South Dakota (Daily Kos) 10/9/14

Judge orders state to add language help for voters in Alaska villages (Alaska Dispatch News) 9/22/14

Oglala Sioux want to vote on the rez (Courthouse News Service) 9/22/14

Jackson County sued over Indian voting issue (Keloland) 9/18/14

Red Lake is county absentee voting site in state pilot program (Indian Country Today) 9/18/14

Lumbee could decide NC Senate race? Tribe ignored in recent debate (Indian Country Today) 9/12/14

Judge orders changes to voting practices before November election (KTUU) 9/3/14

Key Congressional races may hinge on support from Native Americans, Alaskan Natives (Huffington Post) 8/28/14

Opinion: Heather Kendall-Miller: GOP candidate a threat to Native rights (Indianz) 8/26/14

Alaska ballots fraught with issues for Yup'ik speakers (Aljazeera America) 8/18/14

NNABA applauds the historic vote of the American Bar Association House of Delegates to recognize tribal court practitioners as full members (NNABA Press Release) 8/14/14

Montana dodges voting-rights lawsuit, implements satellite services (Indian Country Today) 8/5/14

Tester hears concerns about voting in Indian Country (Jon Tester Press Release) 7/18/14

Trial scheduled in voting rights case (newsminer.com) 5/13/14

Testimony reveals Native Americans still face obstacles at the polls (Rapid City Journal) 5/2/14

ACLU wins lawsuit alleging discrimination against Native American voters (Missoulian) 4/14/14

Navajos recall long walk to voting rights (Seattle PI) 1/20/14

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