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RandySF

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Thu Oct 24, 2024, 03:27 AM Oct 24

Campaign to boost Native voting combats both apathy and logistical challenges

Four decades ago, in days before the internet and automatic voter registration, Alaska Natives turned out to vote at high levels.

That participation has eroded badly, a situation that should be reversed, said Michelle Sparck, director of an Alaska nonpartisan organization called Get Out The Native Vote.

Alaska Natives are not fully realizing their power if they do not vote, she said.

“They say that anytime you look at a white male in this country, you know they’re a voter. We should be in that kind of category,” Sparck said in a presentation Friday at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Anchorage.



https://alaskabeacon.com/2024/10/23/campaign-to-boost-native-voting-combats-both-apathy-and-logistical-challenges/

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Campaign to boost Native voting combats both apathy and logistical challenges (Original Post) RandySF Oct 24 OP
behold. it looks like someone wants voters Tetrachloride Oct 24 #1

Tetrachloride

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1. behold. it looks like someone wants voters
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 03:33 AM
Oct 24

i wonder who didn’t care as much as the person quoted in this article

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