(Allen, SD) — A new agreement is going to help resolve any voting barriers for Native Americans in South Dakota. Claims were made against Bennett County for failing to make its registration and early voting opportunities equally open to Native American voters. An investigation was then conducted by the Justice Department. It found that Native Americans in Bennett County did not have equal access to the in-person registration and absentee voting available under state law. Bennett County will now operate a satellite office in Allen, South Dakota, under the new terms of the agreement. The office is to provide in-person registration and absentee voting services during regular business hours for the full state-mandated 46-day absentee voting period prior to federal, state and county elections.