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The road to voting rights for Native Americans has been long, but advocates for indigenous people hope to build on the momentum they’ve seen in recent years to get more people to the polls. Native Americans were not granted U.S. citizenship until 1924. Keaton Sunchild, political director for the...
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TEGUCIGALPA – Un adolescente está sentado de cuclillas al lado de la entrada de un edificio, su cara manchada de lágrimas mirando perdidamente más allá de la cinta policial extendida a través de la intersección. Adentro, un grupo de hondureños indígenas están reunidos. Han viajado a la capital para...
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TEGUCIGALPA – A teenage boy is crouched to the side of a building entrance, his tear-stained face staring blankly past the police ribbon stretched across the intersection. Inside, a group of indigenous Hondurans are gathered, having traveled to the capital to denounce what they say is the government’s ongoing...
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HELENA, Mont. — Estados como Montana han aprobado leyes que algunos defensores creen que podrían dificultar la votación. Mientras tanto, las medidas a nivel federal para revertir esta tendencia se han estancado. Cuatro proyectos de ley que abordan los derechos de voto han sido bloqueados por el obstruccionismo del...
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HELENA, Mont. — States such as Montana have passed legislation some advocates believe could make it harder to vote. Meanwhile, measures at the federal level to reverse this trend have stalled. Four bills addressing voting rights have been blocked by Senate filibuster this year, including two in the last month co-sponsored by...
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La redistribución de distritos (el rediseño de mapas para los escaños locales, legislativos y del Congreso) ocurre cada diez años después del censo. ¿Su objetivo? Asegurarse de que todos estén representados por igual. En 2008, los votantes de California quitaron de la Legislatura la redistribución de distritos para las...
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Redistricting — the redrawing of maps for congressional, legislative and local seats — happens every ten years after the Census. Its goal? To make sure everyone is represented equally. In 2008, California voters took redistricting for state offices away from the Legislature — which often drew maps to the...
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Jenny Manrique Ethnic Media Services A pesar de las narrativas confusas sobre la supuesta preferencia de votantes étnicos a favor de la revocatoria del gobernador de California, Gavin Newsom, los análisis postelectorales muestran que la mayoría de ellos rechazó abrumadoramente su destitución y en algunos casos, ayudó a convertir...
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Jenny Manrique Ethnic Media Services Despite the confusing narratives about the alleged support of ethnic voters to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom, post-election analyses show that most of them overwhelmingly rejected his recall and in some cases, helped turn large counties and suburbs in the governor’s favor. Experts convened...