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Tribes see ballot collection as a lifeline in Indian Country

(Sam Metz | AP) A small group of boxes, which the U.S. Postal Service delivers mail to, sits outside of Sutcliffe, Nev., on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. All other members of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe living elsewhere on the reservation get their mail at a post office in Nixon, Nev. which is 30 miles away. Throughout the reservation, residents plan to take advantage of a recent law change that will allow them to collect and return ballots on behalf of others amid the coronavirus pandemic.