The White House Report on Native American voting rights. According to a White House report released on Thursday, local, state, and federal officials must do more to ensure that Native Americans who face persistent, long-standing, and deep-rooted hurdles to voting have equitable access to ballots.
Native Americans and Alaska Natives vote at lesser rates than the general population, but they have been a crucial voting bloc in close races and states with large Native populations. In Arizona, for example, a rise in tribal voter turnout helped Joe Biden win in a state that had not voted for a Democrat in a presidential election since 1996.
The report comes a year after Biden signed an executive order promoting voting rights and forming a steering committee to investigate specific hurdles to voting in Indigenous communities. State legislation and municipal practises that disenfranchise Indigenous people, unequal access to early voting, and reliance on an unreliable postal system are among them, according to the research.
The White House stated, "For far too long, members of tribal nations and Native communities have faced unnecessary burdens when attempting to exercise their sacred right to vote." The Biden administration has urged Congress to approve voting rights legislation, including the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and a Native American-focused bill, although both bills have stalled.
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