Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: Enfranchisement Among Native American Voters and Nick v. Bethel

• Main Author: Renberg, Kristen M.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Duke University School of Law 2020
• Subjects: Law; Shelby; Alaska law review; Alaska
• Online Access: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/alr/vol37/iss2/8; https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1585&context=alr

This Comment documents the limited impact of Nick v. Bethel and proposes legislative and electoral reforms to increase enfranchisement among Alaska Natives. The Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965 made significant progress in protecting minority voting rights. In 2007, a federal district court interpret...