U.S (NATIVE ORGANIZERS ALLIANCE ACTION FUND): Senator Lisa MURKOWSKI is critical to getting the support we need to protect our voting rights.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friend, 

 

In the November 2022 election, voters from six rural Alaska villages were not fully counted due to chronic problems with the postal service and election systems. Two rural polling places opened late on Election Day.

In the August 2022 special election for U.S. House, seven villages’ ballots failed to reach election officials in time to be fully counted and two polling places failed to open as planned.

During the June 2022 special primary election, ballots from rural and predominantly Alaska Native districts were rejected at much higher rates. In the Bethel and Lower Kuskokwim region, the rejection rate was a staggering 16.5% compared to the 4.5% rejection rate statewide.

These are just some of the facts that prove how important it is for Native political power that we pass the Native American Voting Rights Act (NAVRA) to protect our rights and strengthen our power.

We believe we have the full support of Democrats in the U.S. Senate, but with 60 votes required to clear the threshold set by the filibuster to get any bill to the floor for a vote, we must get several Senate Republicans on our side too.

Senator Lisa Murkowski is critical to getting the support we need to pass NAVRA. Please urge Senator Murkowski to co-sponsor the Native American Voting Rights Act by adding your name now.

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When we work together to build our political power, we win. We elected the first Native women to Congress in 2018 and the first Native Alaskan to Congress in 2022. And we helped secure the appointment of the first Native women to lead the Department of Interior.

Now, we need to work together again to protect our voting rights.

Hawwih (“thank you” in Caddo) for sending your direct message today. 

 

Judith LeBlanc (Caddo)
Executive Director.

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