08-09-2016 01:51 via nevadaappeal.com

Nevada tribes: Unequal polling access violates voting rights

RENO — Tribal leaders in Northern Nevada are asking a U.S. judge to order the state and two counties to establish satellite polling places on reservations where they say Native Americans are being denied a federally protected equal opportunity to vote in the November elections. Two Paiute tribes filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Reno on Wednesday accusing the secretary of state, and Washoe and Mineral counties of illegally denying their members the same voting access afforded other
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