1. Senate Rejects Amendment to Alter Bilingual Voting Rights Act Identifier: CAC_CC_001_4_132_2_0012 Contributing Institution: Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK Collection: Carl Albert Collection Title: Senate Rejects Amendment to Alter Bilingual Voting Rights Act Date: 1974-01-01 Creator: unknown Names: Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Topic: Civil rights--United States, Indians of North America--Oklahoma Congress: 93rd (1973-1975), 94th (1975-1977)
![["Senator Henry Bellmon's amendment to exempt counties with dominant English-speaking Indian populations from bilingual elections under the Voting Rights Act was rejected by the Senate in a vote of 26-59. Bellmon argued that the act made false assumptions about the language dominance of American Indians and that without his amendment, certain counties in Oklahoma would be required to hold bilingual elections without assurance of necessity."]](https://jones-2.s3.amazonaws.com/Carl%20Albert%20Collection,%201947-1977/Departmental,%201945-1976%20(CAC_CC_001_4_0000_0000)/CAC_CC_001_4_132_2_0000-Interior%20-%20Bureau%20of%20Indian%20Affairs%20-%20General,%201975/thumbnails/CAC_CC_001_4_132_2_0012_thumbnail.jpg "Senate Rejects Amendment to Alter Bilingual Voting Rights Act")