Earl Old Person v. Mike Cooney

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• noting that this approach \would permit white bloc voting in a majority-white district to be washed clean by electoral success in neighboring majority-Indian districts\
• recognizing that “usually” could mean “more than half of the time”
• noting that this approach “would permit white bloc voting in a majority-white district to be washed clean by electoral success in neighboring majority-Indian districts”
• describing “proportionality” 11 as “the relation of the number of majority-Indian voting districts to the American Indians’ 12 share of the relevant population
• plaintiffs alleged vote dilution \in two separate geographic areas of the state [of Montana]\
• factor satisfied with showing that American Indians have a lower socio-economic status than whites in Montana and that social and economic factors hinder the ability of American Indians in Montana to participate fully in the political process

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