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News Release Office of United States Representative Sharice Davids (D-KS-03) Representative Sharice Davids, Co-Chair of the Congressional Native American Caucus

The GOP-controlled committee, which includes 14 Republicans and two Democrats, holds the influential role of redrawing North Dakota's legislative districts for the next decade. The state’s population has increased substantially over the last decade, and this year's redistricting is expected to see some seats shift from rural to urban areas.

Oklahoman Months after the 2020 presidential election came to an end, Native American organizers have continued their efforts to get Oklahomans registered to vote. Rock The Native Vote, an initiative organized to get Indigenous people in Oklahoma politically engaged, has registered about 700 people through voter drives and events. The Rev. David Wilson, assistant to the bishop of the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference, said the group already is looking ahead to next year’s midterm electio...

Proposed restrictions would make voting harder for Arizona’s tribal communities Native American voters helped secure President Joe Biden’s narrow win in 2020, but Republican-backed proposals at the state legislature to restrict voting access could make the challenges tribal voters overcame last year even more daunting in 2022. “We have the lowest voter turnout of any minority group in the country, period,” said Navajo Nation member and Democratic state Rep. Jasmine Blackwate...

1/8/2021, 6 a.m. The John Lewis farm tribute was created by crop artists John Quigley and Art Tanderup in a 40-acre field on Regenerative Farmer Dan Glenn’s farm in Irwin County, Georgia. Dozens of Georgia’s diverse communities worked together through rain and shine to create the call to action. Kristian Melom/Spectral Q for /WithLove.vote Atlanta— In a stunning poetic short, John Lewis’s words about our planet united with the imagery of his crop art portra...