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Filing a Complaint Results in Settled Relief Providing a Voting Location on an Indian Reservation

Robert Timothy Reagan
October 25, 2023

Blackfeet Nation v. Stapleton (Dana L. Christensen, D. Mont. 4:20-cv-95).
On the Friday night before a Columbus Day weekend, an American Indian tribe filed a federal complaint alleging that it was improper for a county not to provide a voting location on its reservation. The case was assigned to a judge on Tuesday, who set the case for hearing about a week later, but the case settled on Wednesday.
Subject: Absentee and early voting. Topics: Poll locations; early voting; absentee ballots; Covid-19.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.

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Tags:
Election Litigation | Absentee Ballots | Early Voting | Poll Location | Emergency Proceedings | Covid-19 | U.S. District Courts | D. Mont.