Navajo vote could factor into tight Arizona race
Source: AP-Excite
By FELICIA FONSECA
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — On the airwaves of a popular Navajo radio station, President Barack Obama uses the Navajo greeting "Ya'at'eeh" and implores tribal members to get out and vote for Democrats.
The party is trying hard to hang on to the seat held by U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick and needs Navajo voters who lean Democrat to turn out in droves in what is one of the hardest-fought congressional races in the country.
Kirkpatrick has learned to speak the Navajo language, regularly appears at the tribe's legislative sessions and has sponsored fairs and rodeos. She has touted transportation and infrastructure projects, and funding for the Head Start education program and for reservation schools that don't have a tax base.
Her Republican opponent, Arizona House Speaker Andy Tobin, has been to the Navajo Nation several times, including speaking at a Navajo Code Talkers event at the tribal capital. He has accused Kirkpatrick of failing Navajos when it comes to veterans' health care and protecting jobs in the coal industry.
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Also in LBN: New Mexico begins new policy of refusing voter IDs to Navajo-speaking ‘illiterates’: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014932719
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You know, "they" aren't even trying to hide their intentions anymore. It's straight-up in-your-face voter suppression and much, much more ALL of which have the Republican's disgusting, filthy fingerprints all over it!
