Montana bill would make voting easier
Author:
Amy Beth Hanson
Associated Press
HELENA, Mont. Emotions ran high Friday as a Montana House committee heard a bill seeking to make it easier for Native Americans to vote.
The bill proposes putting into law and advancing terms of a settlement in a voting rights lawsuit and guidance issued by the secretary of state s office for counties and tribes to comply with the settlement, said Democratic Rep. Sharon Stewart Peregoy of Crow Agency, the bill s sponsor.
After the hearing, the bill was amended to add a $5,000 appropriation to give the committee more time to work on it without missing next week s transmittal deadline for non-appropriations bills.
HELENA â Emotions ran high Friday as a Montana House committee heard a bill seeking to make it easier for Native Americans to vote.
The bill proposes putting into law and advancing terms of a settlement in a voting rights lawsuit and guidance issued by the secretary of state s office for counties and tribes to comply with the settlement, said Democratic Rep. Sharon Stewart Peregoy of Crow Agency, the bill s sponsor.
After the hearing, the bill was amended to add a $5,000 appropriation to give the committee more time to work on it without missing next week s transmittal deadline for non-appropriations bills.
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