As the three-year settlement ends in a SD National Voter Registration Act case. NARF urges Native voters to continue reporting suspected NVRA violations.

On January 9, 2026, three Native American organizations—National Congress of American Indians, Alaska Federation of Natives, and Native Vote Washington—filed an amicus brief at the U.S. Supreme Court in the case, Watson v. Republican National Committee, which addresses state deadlines for ballots received after Election Day. At issue in the case is a bipartisan Mississippi law, which allows absentee ballots that are mailed by Election Day and received by the registrar within five business days after Election Day.

The Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation and Native voters filed a lawsuit challenging  Chouteau County’s unfair, at-large voting system. The suit alleges the system unlawfully dilutes the voting strength of Native voters and has denied them any representation on the county commission for more than a decade.