{"id":34389,"date":"2023-12-20T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T05:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=34389"},"modified":"2023-12-21T19:25:24","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T00:25:24","slug":"native-america-calling-native-voting-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/12\/20\/native-america-calling-native-voting-access\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Native voting access"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Wednesday, December 20, 2023<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Status check: Native voting access<\/div>\r\nA federal appeals court ruling is prompting a review of some previous decisions in favor of tribes seeking redistricting or ballot access changes. The <a href=\"https:\/\/nativeamericacalling-offload-media.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/8th-distrcit-ruling-ND-tribes.pdf\">recent decision by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals<\/a> limits who can sue under the landmark <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965\">Voting Rights Act<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nJoin Native America Calling to  check on selected access and redistricting cases, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/narf.org\/cases\/north-dakota-redistricting-map\/\">redistricting case involving North Dakota tribes<\/a> and a ballot drop-box initiative in Arizona, that indicate how Native voting access could change.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/10\/12\/few-states-make-the-grade-when-it-comes-to-tribal-inclusion-in-voting-maps\/votingissacred\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32834\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-attachment-id=\"32834\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/10\/12\/few-states-make-the-grade-when-it-comes-to-tribal-inclusion-in-voting-maps\/votingissacred\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/12\/VotingisSacred-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 12 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1627580656&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;7.5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00071428571428571&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;Voting is Sacred&amp;#8217;\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8216;Voting is Sacred&amp;#8217;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A sign reading &amp;#8220;Voting is Sacred&amp;#8221; is displayed by the &lt;a href=https:\/\/nativeorganizing.org\/&gt;Native Organizers Alliance&lt;\/a&gt; during the final stop of the &lt;a href=https:\/\/redroadtodc.org\/events&gt;Red Road to DC&lt;\/a&gt; in Washington, D.C., on July 29, 2021. Photo by Indianz.Com &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/&quot;&gt;(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/12\/VotingisSacred-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/12\/VotingisSacred-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"&#039;Voting is Sacred&#039;\"   class=\"size-full wp-image-32834\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">A sign reading &#8220;Voting is Sacred&#8221; is displayed by the <a href=https:\/\/nativeorganizing.org\/>Native Organizers Alliance<\/a> during the final stop of the <a href=https:\/\/redroadtodc.org\/events>Red Road to DC<\/a> in Washington, D.C., on July 29, 2021. Photo by Indianz.Com <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jacqueline-de-le\u00f3n-139756210\">Jacqueline De Le\u00f3n<\/a> (Isleta Pueblo), senior attorney for the <a href=\"https:\/\/narf.org\/profiles\/jacqueline-de-leon\/\">Native American Rights Fund <\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fourdirectionsvote.com\/team\/oliver-and-barb-semans\/\">OJ Semans Sr<\/a> (Rosebud Sioux), co-executive director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fourdirectionsvote.com\/\">Four Directions Native Vote<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/michelle-sparck-3b620a12\/\">Michelle Sparck<\/a> (Qissunamiut Tribe of Chevak, Alaska), director of strategic initiatives at <a href=\"https:\/\/aknativevote.com\/\">Get Out the Native Vote<\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tribes are facing new challenges as they seek to protect Native voter access at the polls.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32834,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1,14],"tags":[935,78,79,42,4456,2102,243,3328,8,133,55,302,766,134,177],"class_list":["post-34389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law","category-national","category-politics","tag-8th-circuit","tag-alaska","tag-alaska-native","tag-arizona","tag-four-directions-native-vote","tag-jacqueline-de-leon","tag-media","tag-michelle-sparck","tag-narf","tag-native-america-calling","tag-native-vote","tag-north-dakota","tag-oj-semans","tag-radio","tag-voting-rights","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/12\/VotingisSacred-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-8WF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34389"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34397,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34389\/revisions\/34397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}