On July 15, 1948, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that American Indians had the right to vote.
Tribal leaders and Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) remembered the occasion by kicking off the Native Vote 2004 campaign yesterday. They are trying to get more Indians registered and to the polls this November.
According to The Arizona Republic, voter turnout on a district on the Tohono O'odham Nation was 79 percent in 2002. The state average that year was 56 percent.
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Right to vote is dear to Native Americans
(The Arizona Republic 7/16)
Indians urged to take advantage of voting rights (Capitol Media Services 7/16)
Arizona Indians remember voting rights ruling
Friday, July 16, 2004
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