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Native American Voting Rights Act of 2015
This bill prohibits states and local governments from:
Requirements for exceptions to such prohibitions are prescribed.
Each of the states whose territory contains all or part of an Indian reservation shall designate, for each Indian tribe of each Indian reservation, an officer within that state responsible for compliance with this Act.
Any state whose territory contains all or part of an Indian reservation shall provide one or more polling places for each Indian tribe satisfying certain obligations.
In states that provide for early voting a state or local election official shall provide upon request at least one early voting location on an Indian reservation.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is amended to require the Office of Personnel Management to assign an appropriate number of observers whenever the Attorney General receives 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 specified guarantees, are likely to occur.
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