/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")
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
- Title:
- Senate Rejects Amendment to Alter Bilingual Voting Rights Act
- Date Created:
- 1974-01-01
- EDTF:
- 1974-01-01
- Creator:
- unknown
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
- Language:
- eng
- Record Type:
- correspondence
- Collection:
- Carl Albert Collection
- Collection Finding Aid:
- https://arc.libraryhost.com/repositories/3/resources/146
- Description:
- 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.
- Names:
- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
- Topic:
- Civil rights--United States, Indians of North America--Oklahoma
- Congress:
- 93rd (1973-1975), 94th (1975-1977)
- Physical Location:
- CAC_CC_1_4_132_2_0000, Box, 132, 2, University of Oklahoma, Carl Albert Center Archives, Norman, OK, Standard Shelving
- Location Represented:
- United States (nation), Oklahoma (state)
- Type:
- Text
- Extent:
- 1 Page
