How do you ensure Arizona’s most successful voter turnout campaign of 2022 is ready for the 2024 elections? You keep investing in rural and Indigenous communities and get more Native organizers back in the field. This is exactly what we have been doing since Janury of 2023. The Northeast Arizona Native Democrats already have a team of seven organizers on the ground, engaged in our voter empowerment campaign. It’s no secret that Arizona will be the most hotly contested battleground state in 2024. Our team is key to holding the Senate majority and delivering our state’s eleven electoral votes to Joe Biden.
Our work is from the ground up and our tactics are the ones that make a difference not only today, but for the foreseeable future. Without significant external support from any state or national campaigns, these organizers who live where they organize, are providing both the education and the motivation to engage people in the processes that win elections.
Please consider making a donation to our program, which is already on the ground in Northeast Arizona. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/navajoconativeorganizing?refcode=kos519
A quick recap: in 2022, only two counties in the entire state showed an increase in voter turnout over 2018; these two counties are Apache and Navajo, where increased turnout was almost exclusively on sovereign lands. This is the Northeast Arizona Native Democrats’ turf, and our voters out-performed state turnout by nearly four points. That vital margin protected the Senate majority and secured the top three elected positions in Arizona; Governor, Secretary of State, and Attorney General. That last, the Attorney General’s race, was won by just 280 votes. There is no question that voters on Northeast Arizona’s sovereign lands delivered that victory.
Lorraine Coin (Hopi), and Casey Lee (Navajo), have both been with NEAZ Native Democrats since we started in 2020; and, along with five other organizers, they are in the field and focusing on empowering voters to cast the ballots that will decide elections in Arizona. Like our previous election programs, our 2024 effort centers on providing civic education and demonstrating the power that comes with engagement. With our civic education program, we take the time to show voters how their votes make a difference in our communities. To help build that movement, this year we also dive deeper into the roles of local, state, and federal government, and how those entities interact to impact our daily lives. Of course, Lorraine, Casey, and our team never stop spotlighting the power of Native and rural voters and organizing and how community members can register and cast their ballots in person and by mail.
Our work is grounded in the communities where we live. Political campaigns that parachute into this unique and vast rural region a few months before an election struggle with engaging voters. That's not how we win. Our way, a voter-focused way, is to engage our neighbors and families all through the year - every year - to build a network of educated voters who care about issues that affect them, and who are ready to show up at the polls in 2024 -- and beyond.
Donate to our campaign to help us increase the amount of time we can spend in the field https://secure.actblue.com/donate/navajoconativeorganizing?refcode=kos519
We began to learn this lesson in 2019, when we saw so many gaps in how our voters were served. We knew we had a dedicated team with the talent, experience, and passion to organize more effectively with a year-round effort in Arizona. We have witnessed this work, growing our volunteer base, broadening our partnerships, programs, services, and, in 2022, we saw what Native-led organizing can do: turn out more voters on sovereign lands. Every year we get a little bit better; and there is still more to do.
We are not powered by mega-donors. Our strength comes from people like you, who believe in our mission, who support local, grassroots organizing, and invest in Indigenous and rural talent.
Make sure Arizona stays blue in 2024! Pitch in today to keep our team on the ground working hard year-round. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/navajoconativeorganizing?refcode=kos519
Checks may also be mailed and made out to: Navajo County Democrats — PO Box 144, Lakeside, AZ 85929 · (928) 369-6735
Ahé hee’ Thank you,
Missa Foy
Program Director Northeast Arizona Native Democrats
Chair Navajo County Democrats
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