2024 Voting and Civil Rights (Juries, Census, Voting, Redistricting) News Stories
Without formal addresses, Indigenous communities experience voter suppression (Prism Reports) 11/5/2024
Apache County judge extends voting hours at nine polling sites amid lawsuit against Apache County (Navajo Times) 11/5/2025
Why more Native Americans are on U.S. ballots than ever before (NPR) 11/3/2024
Indigenous voters in Minnesota should feel confident using their tribal ID for Election Day registration (Minnesota Public Radio) 10/25/2024
Tribes, state argue redistricting case to federal appeals court (North Dakota Monitor) 10/22/2024
What's at stake for Native American voters in the upcoming election? (KALW NPR Bay Area) 10/21/2024
Indian Tribes should be wary of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (Native News Online) 10/16/2024
Native voters could swing Arizona. Both parties want their votes (NPR) 10/14/2024
'Logistical nightmare': Inside the barriers Native Americans face at the ballot box [video] (MSNBC) 10/12/2024
Felony disenfranchisement of Indigenous voters (ICT) 10/9/2024
In Nevada, this system is making it easier for tribal members to vote (Nevada Public Radio) 10/9/2024
Native American vote could swing the election — but in which direction? (VOA) 10/8/2024
District 4A House candidates stress Native voter education and access in North Dakota state race (Buffalo's Fire) 10/8/2024
Arizona organizations look to help Indigenous communities with voting obstacles ahead of November (Cronkite News) 10/3/2024
North Texas Native Americans want their voices heard ahead of 2024 presidential election (The Dallas Morning News) 10/3/2024
Indigenous voting rights dispute surfaces before 2024 election: Fort Peck Tribes seek satellite voting locations in Frazer and Poplar (Montana Free Press) 10/1/2024
The Native vote dilemma (High Country News) 10/1/2024
Announcing an historic data sharing agreement between Census Bureau and Osage Nation (Native News Online) 9/24/2024
Groups seek to intervene to protect voters rights (Native News Online) 9/18/2024
How Arizona tackles a language barrier to provide Navajo voters a ballot they can listen to (Votebeat) 9/17/2024
SCOTUS ruling on citizenship proof for new voters has an outsized impact for Native voters (AZ Mirror) 8/30/2024
Crow Agency's new Native Vote office aims to help register locals & boost Native turnout (Montana Right Now) 8/29/2024
On Native land, a new push to expand voting meets the long tail of state violence (Bolts) 8/28/2024
Several Mountain West states now allow Tribes to register eligible voters automatically (KVNF Public Radio) 8/22/2024
Supreme Court rejects Republican effort to block over 40,000 Arizona voters, but partly approves proof of citizenship law (PBS) 8/22/2024
Republicans ask Supreme Court to block 40K Arizona voters from presidential election (KOLD Arizona) 8/19/2024
New agreement removes voting barriers for Native Americans (KELOLAND South Dakota) 8/19/2024
Native American votes can 'make or break' elections: Minn. Lt. Governor (Newsweek) 8/17/2024
Native communities hope to elevate their voices this election season (12 News NBC Arizona) 8/15/2024
Indigenous voters get a nod during presidential campaign rally (Tuscon Sentinel) 8/14/2024
‘Sko Vote Den’: Native organizers plan voter registration event at Brewers tailgate (Wisconsin Public Radio) 7/31/2024
Getting Native voters means organizing and removing barriers, leaders say (AZ Central) 7/25/2024
San Carlos Tribe opposes legislation passed by the House that would require photo IDs to vote (Native News Online) 7/12/2024
Supreme Court vacates decision to withhold legisative voting actions from public scrutiny (Navajo-Hopi Observer) 7/9/2024
Barriers to the ballot: Indigenous communities in Michigan and New York face voter suppression in local school board elections (Native News Online) 7/9/2024
Interview: On centennial of citizenship act, Southern Ute leaders see cause to reflect rather than celebrate (CPR News) 6/28/2024
What do Indigenous voters want in the 2024 election? (ICT) 6/12/2024
100 years after Native people became citizens, voting access is still fraught (NPR) 5/31/2024
Taking back Native voting rights (ICT) 5/17/2024
Groups that register voters are feeling besieged by new state laws (NPR) 5/16/2024
Redistricting maps being reviewed by Tribal Council (Tahlequah Daily Press) 5/14/2024
Montana’s Tribal voters could determine the makeup of the senate (Politico) 5/12/2024
North Dakota's 180-degree turn in redistricting case sparks outcry from MHA Nation (Native News Online) 5/10/2024
North Dakota changes course on Tribal redistricting case, asks US Supreme Court to rule (North Dakota Monitor) 5/8/2024
Laws that would adversely affect Native Americans ability to vote in Montana struck down; Secretary of State opposes ruling (Char-Koosta News) 5/2/2024
Tribal advocates keep up legal pressure for fair political maps (Public News Service) 4/19/2024
Navajo Nation moves Tribal election date to match earlier Arizona primary election date (AZ Mirror) 4/3/2024
In a major ruling, Montana Supreme Court strikes down 4 elections bills (Montana Standard) 3/27/2024
Voting rights win in New Mexico: Navajo community gains equal opportunity at the polls (Native News Online) 3/25/2024
Organizations assist Native American voters as election year ramps up (Cronkite News) 3/19/2024
Voters and Tribal nations defend critical redistricting win from North Dakota appeal attempt (Native News Online) 3/19/2024
‘Knock the rough edges off’: Lawmaker seeks study of Native American voting rights (Nebraska Examiner) 3/1/2024
South Dakota committee advances bill to enhance Native American voting rights (News Center 1 South Dakota) 2/21/2024
A Native voting ecosystem in Nevada (ICT) 2/21/2024
Nebraska Tribes and Native voters come out on top in redistricting lawsuit (Native News Online) 2/2/2024
Native voters could be key deciders in 2024 elections, new report says (Native News Online) 1/31/2024
Native American voters overcome barriers in fight for voting access (WXYZ ABC Detroit) 1/23/2024
Advocates work to get Native American voters registered in the key state of Arizona (NPR) 1/11/2024
Judge orders new North Dakota legislative district for 2 Native American Tribes (Minnesota Public Radio) 1/9/2024
South Dakota city asks Oglala Sioux Tribe to waive sovereign immunity to fulfill records request (Native News Online) 1/8/2024
