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Legislative hopeful questions whether reservation votes should count

by Arren Kimbel-Sannit /Montana Free Press
| December 29, 2022 12:00 AM

A legislative aide with aspirations of representing House District 80 in the 2023 Legislature questioned in public remarks Tuesday whether members of tribes living on reservations in Montana should be able to vote in state elections.

“If the reservations want to say they are independent countries … but they want a lot of handouts, why are we counting their ballots?” said Drew Zinecker, who will this session serve as a staffer for Rep...

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