OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — A new study has found that systemic barriers to voting on tribal lands contribute to substantial disparities in Native American turnout, particularly for presidential elections. “There’s something more intensely happening in Native American communities on tribal land,” said Chelsea Jones, a researcher on the study. “These are really, truly severe barriers.” Additionally, Jones said they found …
In the Navajo Nation in Ganado, Ariz., a local organizer shows a resident where to sign a card pledging to vote in the November presidential election. “There’s something more intensely happening in Native American communities on tribal land,” said Chelsea Jones, a researcher on the study. “There are ideas that are held up as the gold standard about how polling …
SANTA FE, N.M. — A Democratic- Gov. The voting rights bill would provide automatic voter registration at motor vehicle offices and help restore voting rights to felons immediately after incarceration. It would also streamline the distribution of absentee ballots that can be returned by mail and make absentee ballot voting easier for Native Americans living in remote stretches of tribal …
SANTA FE, N.M. — A Native American attorney who oversaw New Mexico’s Indian Affairs Department has been tapped to serve as a top policy adviser to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. Haaland is the first Native American to serve as a U.S. Trujillo worked as a state Cabinet secretary for nearly four years under Democratic New Mexico …
SANTA FE, N.M. — Native American communities across New Mexico are putting the finishing touches on proposed redistricting maps aimed at greater self-determination in future public elections, as competing plans wind their way toward the Legislature for consideration. Participants in a redistricting commission for New Mexico’s Indigenous pueblo communities said Friday that map proposals may be finalized as soon as …
