AD“That shift to all vote-by-mail left Native Americans out of the conversation because vote-by-mail doesn’t work in Indian country,” said Jacqueline De León, an attorney for the Native American Rights Fund and an enrolled member of the Isleta Pueblo, a Native American tribe in New Mexico. These efforts are critical to protecting Native American voting rights that were already hindered by poor access to voter registration offices and polling stations and other barriers, De León said. Native American voting patterns vary widely by tribe and geography. The Native American Rights Fund called the decision vital, considering only 35 percent of reservations in Nevada have home mail service. ADADOn the Navajo Nation, about 62 percent of registered Arizona voters are Democrats and about 10 percent are Republicans.

Source: Washington Post October 24, 2020 16:25 UTC