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2026 Voting and Civil Rights (Juries, Census, Voting, Redistricting) News Stories

Some rural Alaska polling stations opened late on election day, a sign of continuing problems (Alaska Beacon) 8/18/2026

Can Republicans undistrict Montana’s Native vote? (Montana Free Press) 7/9/2026

Supreme Court rules mailed ballots postmarked by election day must be counted, a win for Native voters (Native News Online) 6/29/2026

Supreme Court ruling robs Native Americans of ‘silent partner’ in legislative redistricting (South Dakota Searchlight) 5/22/2026

Supreme Court sends closely watched Native American voting rights decision back to lower court (PBS) 5/18/2026

Montana district court blocks law restricting voter registration hours, allows voter ID law (Daily Montanan) 5/11/2026

North Dakota Tribal redistricting case still in limbo after Voting Rights Act decision (North Dakota Monitor) 4/30/2026

Indian Country reacts to the US Supreme Court decision that dismantles the Voting Rights Act (Native News Online) 4/30/2026

Did Arizona previously pass a law similar to the SAVE Act that disproportionately disenfranchised Native American voters? (Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting) 4/9/2026

Native American Rights Fund on the SAVE America Act (Native News Online) 3/23/2026

Cast a ballot and wait for the plane. In Alaska, a grace period for ballots is seen as a necessity (ABC News) 3/22/2026

Native Americans could be among the hardest hit by SAVE America Act (NOTUS) 3/16/2026

Tribal voting advocates cite harms in federal election bill (Wyoming Public Media) 2/25/2026

Chouteau County moves forward with new district favoring Tribes (Bozeman Daily Chronicle) 1/11/2026

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