Native Vote News Today

This is the KGOU PM NewsBrief for May 28, 2024.

In rural parts of Arizona and Montana, voter education groups are leading initiatives to spread the word about why every vote counts, especially during a presidential election year.

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — To align with Arizona’s primary election dates and keep voter turnout intact, the Navajo Nation passed emergency legislation to move its tribal primary election from August to July, matching the state’s schedule.

The San Juan County in New Mexico has settled a lawsuit that challenged the county’s 2021 redistricting map, which aimed to dilute the voting power of Navajo voters. The map packed Navajo citizens into District 1, which had an 83% Native American Voting Age Population (VAP), while reducing the Native American VAP in District 2 below the level necessary to provide Navajo voters with an equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice, as required by Section 2 of the federal Voting Ri...

PHOENIX, Ariz. — As voters headed to the polls March 19 to vote in the presidential preference election, Native Americans in Arizona continued to work within a system that has challenged their ability to vote for decades. With new legislation affecting the upcoming election in November, the challenge just got harder for Native Americans looking to exercise their voting rights.

On Wednesday, Feb. 20, Friends of the San Juans along with Washington Conservation Action, Re Sources, Mt. Baker Group of Sierra Club, Skagit Audubon, and Communities for a Healthy Bay hosted a webinar detailing the Washington State Department of Ecology proposed rulemaking on holding oil industry facilities financially accountable for oil spills and their related damages. The webinar featured two presentations outlining the drastic insufficiency of the proposed financial responsibility requirem...

With a 9-3 vote on Wednesday, the South Dakota House State Affairs Committee voted to pass a bill that would expand and protect Native American voting rights in the state. The legislation, Senate Bill 119, would allow Native American voters to register to vote using their Tribal identification on the same par as a state-issued driver’s license. It would help Native Americans overcome the structural and socioeconomic barriers that have long contributed to their historically low...

National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) President Mark Macarro, who also serves as the chairman of the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians located in Temecula, California, gave his first State of Indian Nations address before a live audience at the Warner Theater in Washington, D.C. on Monday. The purpose of the annual address is to provide an update on the issues important to Indian Country and a vision for the upcoming year. On Monday, Macarro announced three actions NCAI will concent...

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With an eye on the 2024 presidential election, Codie Horse-Topetchy is feeling jubilant.So I think that we could do the same thing here, if we really put our minds to it," said Horse-Topetchy.