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Editorial: Stop delaying Native voting rights case
Thursday, December 16, 2004
"Native Americans seeking fair legislative representation have asked the judge in their suit to draw new districts herself - and then to order new elections for next November, a year earlier than normal.
"The plaintiffs have waited long enough for fair representation," lawyers wrote to U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier.
There's a good deal of sense behind that, regardless of the turmoil it might create."
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(The Sioux Falls Argus Leader 12/16)
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