Getting Native voters means organizing and removing barriers, leaders say

[RandySF]

When Peggy Flanagan, a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, ran for a seat on the Minneapolis public school board in 2005, a voter asked her if she would only work for Native kids in the district.

Flanagan turned the question around: "Would you only work for white kids if you were on the school board?"

Flanagan, now the lieutenant governor of Minnesota, said that encounter helped her realize that many more Indigenous people needed to be engaged in civic life.

"We've got to know what happens when we organize, vote and tell our leaders to do the work they told us they would do," she said.




https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2024/07/25/getting-native-voters-to-the-polls-means-organizing-removing-barriers/74528895007/

[LeftInTX]

1. Thank you for this.

I wonder if the voters without a physical address can use an office building as their address?

In Texas, homeless are allowed to vote. You can even claim the freeway as your address, but you need to use another mailing address. You can use a church, shelter, PO Box, ..just about anywhere mail can be delivered..(You can't use a PO Box as your residential address, but can use it as a mailing address)

Can I register to vote if I do not have a home address or am experiencing homelessness?
Yes, people who are experiencing homelessness or living in a shelter can register to vote. In this situation, you can include the address where you sleep most often as the place you "reside." This can be a shelter address, a park address, or even a street corner.

If you cannot receive mail at the address you reside, you must also provide a valid mailing address when registering. You can list the address where you receive mail, including a P.O. Box. (Note: A P.O. Box can be only used as a mailing address, not a residential address.) Some shelters and local nonprofit organizations may also allow you to use their mailing address to receive mail.

https://texaslawhelp.org/article/voter-registration-basics