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By Ben Neary
Cheyenne, Wyoming (AP)
A federal judge said last week that he intends to approve a voting plan for Fremont County in time to seat new county commissioners before current terms expire in January.
U.S. District Judge Alan B. Johnson heard arguments last week from Fremont County and from American Indians who sued over the county’s system of at-large voting. Each wants the judge to approve a different voting plan.
Johnson ruled in favor of the American Indian plaintiffs this spring, agreeing that the county’s current at-large voting system violated federal law by diluting their vote. Fremont County holds most of the Wind River Indian Reservation, the only reservation in the state.
Cheyenne, Wyoming (AP)
A federal judge said last week that he intends to approve a voting plan for Fremont County in time to seat new county commissioners before current terms expire in January.
U.S. District Judge Alan B. Johnson heard arguments last week from Fremont County and from American Indians who sued over the county’s system of at-large voting. Each wants the judge to approve a different voting plan.
Johnson ruled in favor of the American Indian plaintiffs this spring, agreeing that the county’s current at-large voting system violated federal law by diluting their vote. Fremont County holds most of the Wind River Indian Reservation, the only reservation in the state.
