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BumRushDaShow

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Sun Nov 3, 2024, 04:47 PM Nov 3

Why more Native Americans are on U.S. ballots than ever before

Source: NPR

November 3, 2024 6:00 AM ET


Voters in 25 states will have the opportunity to elect or reelect an Indigenous candidate to public office this year. At least 170 Native American, Native Hawaiians, and Native Alaskans are on ballots this fall, an all-time high, according to a database collected by the group Advance Native Political Leadership.

The group has been tracking Indigenous candidates dating back to 2016, from school boards all the way to the U.S. Congress. Still, organizers and others say more work needs to be done to have representation that is proportional to national population sizes.

Advance Native Political Leadership has identified 347 current Native elected officials – less than 0.1% of some 519,000 elected offices nationwide. The organization estimates that number would have to be 17,000 to achieve parity based on the Native proportion of the U.S. population, which is 3%.

“The most ground that we've gained has been at the state level,” said Elise Blasingame, an Osage Nation scholar in residence at the Advance Native Political Leadership, and an independent researcher at the University of Georgia focusing on the impact of Native representation on publicly elected offices.

Read more: https://www.npr.org/2024/11/02/nx-s1-5167890/2024-election-native-american-candidates-indigenous-ballots



Link to Advance Native Political Leadership REPORT - Advance Native Political Leadership

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Why more Native Americans are on U.S. ballots than ever before (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Nov 3 OP
Take it back - it's yours! Jean Genie Nov 3 #1
Happy to hear this. The more representation, the more attention to issues that need resolving 🗳️ Deuxcents Nov 3 #2
I think that's awesome! hermetic Nov 3 #3
love this.... bahboo Nov 3 #4
Recommended. H2O Man Nov 3 #5
I enjoy watching "Indian Country Today" markodochartaigh Nov 4 #6
Rep. Mary Peltola of Alaska is a Native American and a certified bad ass Botany Nov 4 #7
Damn good news Magoo48 Nov 4 #8
That's fantastic! Coexist Nov 4 #9

Botany

(72,578 posts)
7. Rep. Mary Peltola of Alaska is a Native American and a certified bad ass
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 07:22 AM
Nov 4

You don’t get into a small boat and go out into the waters in and around Alaska
and fish for salmon and not have your stuff together.

I have been supporting her along with Indiana’s Kiley Adolph.

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