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Voter identification laws, redistricting, and restricted access to polls continue to threaten full Native voter participation. Voting rights advocates are currently looking ahead to potential problems in advance of the 2020 election. High profile issues like the voter I.D. law in North Dakota and the violation of the Voting Rights Act in San Juan County, Utah have voting rights advocates on high alert heading into the election season. We’ll talk with the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission about their efforts to count every vote and get updates on where other potential problems might occur.
Guests:
Leonard Gorman (Diné) – executive director of the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission
Jacqueline De Leon (Isleta Pueblo) – staff attorney for the Native American Rights Fund
OJ Semans (Rosebud Sioux) – co-founder of Four Directions
Break 1 Music: Corn Pollen Boy (song) Sharon Burch (artist) Colors Of My Heart (album)
Break 2 Music: Butterfly Clouds (song) Clark Tenakhongva (artist) Su’Vu’Yo’Yungw (album)
