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SD reservation alcohol vote too close to call

In this Aug. 8, 2013 photo is one of the businesses in Whiteclay, Neb., just south of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation where residents are deciding whether to legalize alcohol. Despite that acknowledgement by Oglala Sioux Tribe leaders, a majority of the council passed a public referendum in June that led to a special election Tuesday, Aug. 13 on whether to end prohibition and allow the tribe to sell alcohol and use the profits for education and detoxification and treatment centers, for which there is currently little to no funding. (AP Photo/Carson Walker)SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A vote to end prohibition and allow alcohol on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation got most of the votes, but the election outcome was too close to call late Tuesday because of a high number of challenged ballots.

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