A judge has approved an agreement between two Indian tribes and Thurston County that gives Native American voters the majority in five of seven county board of supervisors districts.
A judge has approved an agreement between two Indian tribes and Thurston County that gives Native American voters the majority in five of seven county board of supervisors districts.
Natives make up 50.3% of the voting age population, compared with 43% of whites, in Thurston County. Because of their majority, the tribes said in the lawsuit, Natives should have
Chief U.S. District Judge Robert Rossiter Jr. said he was inclined to accept the settlement, but a November ruling by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could affect its
The Winnebago and Omaha tribes have reached an agreement with Thurston County in which Natives would make up a majority of voters in five of seven county board districts.