In 1921, that law
for the creation of a county was amended to provide that the voter must also
have resided within the limits of the proposed county for at least 6 months
prior to the election.
In 1932, Montana amended its 1889 Constitution to
provide that not only must a person be a “citizen” to vote, but in respect to
the creation of any levy, debt, or liability, the person must also be a
“taxpayer” unless that person had the right to vote at the time of the adoption
of the 1889 Constitution.
In 1937, the Legislature required voter
registration lists to be purged after every general election to remove the
names of individuals who failed to vote or who voted absent and further
required that county clerks cancel any registry card when three qualified
registered electors presented an affidavit challenging a voter’s registration.
Blackfeet Indians were not allowed to vote in
the Glacier County
and Pondera County election incorporating county
governments within the exterior boundaries of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation
in 1919. Incorporation of state jurisdiction on the Blackfeet allotments by
whites was an inside job done by corporations and the agency ring to give the
land thefts of Blackfeet Allotments the cloak of respectability of a legal
title.
The State of Montana is referred to as the “Mississippi of the north” for its “Jim Crow”
laws enacted against the Indians. There has been a history of Montana public school “cleansing” of Indian
history curriculum since the days of Robert Hamilton and the Chiefs leading
tribal delegations to Congress to protest treaty violations.
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau
pg.137-138
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau
pg.137-138
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