A statement from the Voting Rights Working Group on the U.S. Supreme Court case Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP:
WASHINGTON, DC (October 10,
In September 2023, Native voting advocates from across the country who participate in the Native American Voting Rights Coalition came together in Washington, D.C.,
On September 12, 2023, Shingle Springs held a special tribal council meeting at its Rancheria. The purpose of the gathering was to designate the Tribe’s local health center as a voter registration agency under the National Voter Registration Act.
The court ruled in favor of the Tribes and Native voters against a voter suppression law requiring proof of a physical address when Native Americans across Arizona do not have physical addresses on their homes.
On June 27, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Moore v. Harper that state courts are an essential part of our system of checks and balances to protect voters from legislative overreach.
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While many Native Americans face challenges to exercising their fundamental right to vote, there is an opportunity to break through voting barriers and transform voter
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