The Native American Voting Rights Act Unpacked

As Republicans push voter suppression laws across the country, several high-profile voting rights bills in Congress have taken center stage this session. Yet, there is another essential, but often-overshadowed, piece of legislation focused on a population routinely subjected to voter suppression efforts throughout history: Native Americans. After all Native Americans were granted U.S. citizenship in 1924, it took another 40 years for all states to allow Native Americans to vote, with discrimination at the ballot box continuing to the present day

In August, Reps. Sharice Davids (D-Kan.) and Tom Cole (R-Okla.) introduced the Frank Harrison, Elizabeth Peratrovich and Miguel Trujillo Native American Voting Rights Act (NAVRA), H.R. 5008. Davids and Cole are members of the Ho-Chunk Nation and Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, respectively. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) led the introduction of the Senate’s companion bill a few days prior.

In this piece, we break down the Act and explain how key provisions tackle the unique barriers to voting faced by Native American communities.

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