{"id":2645,"date":"2020-09-01T11:15:45","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T17:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wellbriety.com\/?p=2645"},"modified":"2020-09-01T11:24:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T17:24:48","slug":"your-vote-matters-campaign-communication-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellbriety.com\/wellbriety\/your-vote-matters-campaign-communication-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Vote Matters Campaign – Communication #3"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Over the next few months, The Wellbriety Movement will be providing some communications around the importance of registering to vote!\u00a0 Every vote counts<\/strong><\/span>! Remember there is power in numbers. When we vote and get our family members to vote, we can impact outcomes and change the debate.\u00a0 Below we have provided some information on the barriers to voting in Indian Country and a few tools that can be used to overcome these barriers.<\/p>\n

\u201cNative Americans were denied American citizenship and voting rights until 1924, and that history had a chilling effect on electoral and civic participation,\u201d\u00a0said Ramos, a Democrat from Highland, speaking\u00a0 earlier this month\u00a0before the California Assembly, which\u00a0approved a legislative proposal to help Native Americans gain greater access to the electoral process and passed the proposed measure to the Senate.<\/em><\/p>\n

Native Americans have the lowest voting rate of any American racial group<\/a>, an outgrowth of having one of the lowest voter registration rates in the U.S. Nearly two out of five eligible Native Americans nationwide are not registered to vote, in part because of the barriers that come with living on tribal land.<\/p>\n