A study of access to polls during elections has found systemic barriers to voting on tribal lands contribute to substantial disparities in turnout.
FILE - Local organizer Maria Calamity instructs a resident on how to properly fill out a pledge card promising to vote in the upcoming presidential election on the Navajo Nation in Ganado, Ariz., Oct. 11, 2024. FILE - Terry and Linda Gore leave the Dayton church on the Flathead Indian Reservation after voting, Nov. 8, 2022, in Arlee, Mont.
“There’s something more intensely happening in Native American communities on tribal land,” said Chelsea Jones, a researcher on the study. Additionally, Jones said they found Native American voters were denied the ability to vote using their tribal IDs in several places, including in states where that is legally allowed. All of these roadblocks to the ballot can create a sense of distrust in the system, which could contribute to lower turnout, Jones said.
Native American communities are often overlooked when it comes to polling data and sometimes when they are included those studies do not reflect broader trends for Indigenous voters, said Dr. Stephanie Fryberg, the director of the Research for Indigenous Social Action & Equity Center, which studies systemic inequalities faced by Indigenous people.
In a statement to the Associated Press, Edison Research acknowledged that the polling size is small, but said the “goal of the survey is to represent the national electorate and to have enough data to also examine large demographic and geographic subgroups.” The survey has a potential sampling margin of error of plus or minus 9%, according to the statement.
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