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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 739 (Introduced in Senate) — To protect the voting rights of Native American and Alaska Native voters. · Sec. 10

Sec. 10. Federal observers to protect Tribal voting rights

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Section 8(a) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ( 52 U.S.C. 10305(a) ) is amended— in paragraph (1), by striking or after the semicolon; in paragraph (2)(B), by adding or after the semicolon; and by inserting after paragraph
(2)the following: the Attorney General has received a written complaint from an Indian Tribe that efforts to deny or abridge the right to vote under the color of law on account of race or color, or in contravention of the guarantees set forth in section 4(f)(2), are likely to occur; . The Attorney General shall make publicly available the reports of a Federal election observer appointed pursuant to section (8)(a)(3) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ( 52 U.S.C. 10305(a)(3) ), as added by subsection (a), not later than 6 months after the date that such reports are submitted to the Attorney General, except that any personally identifiable information relating to a voter or the substance of the voter’s ballot shall not be made public.
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