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.
In August 2025, the Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation and two Native voters filed a federal lawsuit challenging Chouteau County, Montana’s at-large
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Individual voters, the Spirit Lake Tribe and the Turtle Mountain Chippewa proved North Dakota’s 2021 legislative map unlawfully diluted Native American voting rights.
Individual voters in North Dakota and the MHA Nation joined the Walen v. Burgum lawsuit to prevent a majority-Native-voter legislative subdistrict from being eliminated.
