I just made a donation to Arizona's Democratic Party. And I'm not an Arizonan.

[Aristus]

The Democratic Party in Arizona is focusing on registering First Nations people such as the Apache and Navaho to vote. Right now, anyone without a permanent address is prohibited from voting in state and national elections. As I understand it, an address on a reservation is not considered 'permanent', thereby excluding from voting many First Nations people.

Just another voter suppression measure put in place by the Arizona Republican Party.

I read an article (and I'd post the link if I could remember where I read it) that stated that no electoral math can be made to work in Trump's favor in November without Arizona. He could win Texas, Florida, and every other state he carried in 2016, but he'd still lose if he doesn't get Arizona.

If every eligible voter in the Apache, Hopi, and Navaho nations votes in the election (they tend to lean Democratic, from what I understand) Arizona will turn blue.

I donated some money to help them with this effort. I hope a lot of people will.

[BatteriesNotNeeded]

1. I've donated to Dems in other states

any Dem running against McConnell, Graham, Collins, etc. I donate to. I do phone banking for my local Dems. It's the only way to keep from leaving the country right now. Doing something, anything to boot out Republicans.

[bdamomma]

11. Welcome to DU!

I have been giving too. Is Jamie Harrison up against Graham, Graham traitor needs to go too.

[Ptah]

2. Federal appeals court quashes Arizona's latest voter suppression law, for now

A few years back the Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature decided to make it a crime for a person other than a family member or caregiver to deliver an early ballot.

It was a simple, cynical effort at voter suppression.

And the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals just overturned it.

For now.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/ej-montini/2020/01/29/federal-court-quashes-arizona-latest-voter-suppression-law/4606041002/

[CatMor]

3. How can they say a reservation address is not permanent ..

that is ridiculous. Who comes up with such nonsense and what is the justification.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

9. GOPers hate democracy.

[Mosby]

10. The problem is that sometimes there is no typical address

The Navajo Nation has 50,000 unaddressed homes and businesses, creating complications for hundreds of thousands of people

The mostly desert-covered reservation, which spans parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, encompasses more than 27,000 square miles. It will take an unknowable number of years to assign addresses throughout the reservation, said M.C. Baldwin, the rural addressing coordinator at the Navajo Nation Addressing Authority, the tribal office tasked with identifying and addressing homes and businesses there.

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/10/06/some-native-americans-no/

[CatMor]

14. Couldn't it be just showing a special ID that you live on the reservation ..

that seems like it could be a solution.

[MLAA]

4. I'm a Southern Arizonan, so THANK YOU.

I just contributed to Mark Kelly to beat McSally who is horrid.

I agree with you registering First Nation folks will be powerful, so I will contribute to them as well.

Do you have a website?

[diva77]

5. I found this organization: nativevote.org

This is from their "about" page:

http://www.nativevote.org/about/

Voter Registration and Get‐Out‐The‐Native‐Vote (GOTNV).
NCAI recognizes that a strong grassroots effort is needed; and encourages all tribes, regional, and inter‐tribal organizations to have a Native Vote coordinator. There is a need to get the community mobilized early, starting with registration, as Native Americans are unregistered at higher rates than other communities. To mobilize and assist tribes with the upcoming elections, Native Vote is providing toolkits, updating the Native Vote webpage, distributing e‐newsletters and promotional items, creating Public Service Announcements (PSAs), and hosting telephone conferences, webinars, and trainings.

disclaimer: I don't know anything about this organization (and it states that it is non-partisan) -- so it's worth investigating before donating.

[MLAA]

6. Thanks!

[diva77]

7. You're welcome! Please let us know what you find out!

[Aristus]

8. I lived in Sierra Vista for three years as a kid when my Dad was stationed at Huachuca.

I still love Arizona very much, and hate the fact that it's a red state. I really hope they turn blue soon. I discussed with my wife (who was actually born on Ft. Huachuca) the possibility of donating to Mark Kelly's campaign, too. But we decided to donate just to the Arizona Democratic Party for now. Who knows? Some of that money may actually end up going to his campaign effort.

[MLAA]

12. I moved to Tucson right after college

I was not politically aware at that or I wouldn’t have chosen AZ (although Tucson has always been Blue) despite the good job offer. It didn’t take long to love it here. I’ve moved all around the world and a couple of other US cities but my husband and I always kept a home in Tucson. Like Ft Huachuca, Tucson has beautiful desert mountains. I am hopeful that we are making progress toward painting the whole state Blue.

What a coincidence you lived at FT Huachuca and she was born there!

[Aristus]

13. Yeah. Her father was stationed there, too.

But they moved away when she was six months old, so she has no memory of living there.

I checked out my old neighborhood on Google Earth a while back, and the whole place is gone. All the houses were demolished and it's largely an empty field now.

[llmart]

15. I've contributed to Mark Kelly also.

I'm in Michigan.

We have to do whatever we can. This is now grassroots effort all the way. We all must be involved in saving our democracy.

[MLAA]

16. Exactly, I contributed also to get rid of awful, shameless, crooked Mitch 🙂