The New York Times has an editorial today on the problem of Native Americans being denied the right to vote in South Dakota during the June 1st special election that elected Democrat Stephanie Herseth to Congress.

Americans who happen to have voted strongly for Democrats in recent years and who are now being denied the right to vote -- either through systematic efforts to intimidate and harass and/or through haphazard implementation of voting laws, is a serious issue. It happened in 2002, it happened in Stephanie Herseth’s election on June 1st, and after comments like Congressman Tom Davis’ (R-VA) crack about the June 1 election that “If you take out the Indian reservation, we would have won,” we believe strongly that it may happen again this November when both Tom Daschle and Ms. Herseth are on the ballot.

You need to be aware of what’s going on in South Dakota. Sen. Daschle has launched a new public campaign to address this – with an effort to encourage the South Dakota Secretary of State to investigate and hold hearings, and to fund election lawyers at polling places this fall. Please support his effort. Please support Tom Daschle.