Voter turnout event highlights why state Supreme Court race matters for Native voters in Wisconsin
With over 60,000 Native voters in Wisconsin, and recent presidential elections being decided by far fewer votes, community leaders are raising awareness about the impact Indigenous people can have on the upcoming state Supreme Court justice election.
At a March 11 voter turnout event at the Forest County Potawatomi campus in Milwaukee, community leaders emphasized the election's significance, highlighting issues like voter suppression and Enbridge's Line 5 oil pipeline on tribal lands.
"These events are important so we can get the word out to the community, especially the Milwaukee Native community, which is the largest Native community in the state," said Anne Egan-Waukau, a Menominee member, and communications manager and organizer with Wisconsin Native Vote, which helped organize the event. "They do make a difference in getting more people out to vote."
Organizers for Wisconsin Native Vote, which is part of Wisconsin Conservation Voices, report that the efforts have helped increase voter turnout in Native communities in the state. For example, voter turnout in the 2023 election on the Red Cliff Reservation increased by 130% compared to April, 2019, while turnout on the Menominee Reservation also rose by 75%.
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