“Every Native Vote Counts”
Native American media steps up to partner with Native Vote to promote voter registration and engagement message
WASHINGTON – The National Congress of American Indians recently launched a national grassroots media campaign alongside leading national Native media organizations to encourage Native people to register to vote and participate in the 2012 national election.
The new campaign titled “Every Native Vote Counts” is part of the organization’s ongoing non-partisan voter outreach effort, Native Vote. With a goal of turning out the largest Native vote in history in 2012, NCAI reached out to members of the media to participate in the campaign and hopes these critical partners are joined by many more in the coming weeks.
“Turning out the largest Native vote in history requires all of Indian Country working together and the Native media will play a critical role in reaching our goal. These Native media partners are volunteering the air waves–radio and television, the print media and the web to send Indian Country an important message, ‘Every Native Vote Counts’,” NCAI President Jefferson Keel said. NCAI is the nation’s oldest, largest and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native advocacy organization. “We are excited that so many Native media outlets have stepped forward to support this national effort. This message should be part of every community gathering between now and Nov. 6, 2012.”
Native Vote has produced over a dozen public service announcements available in video and audio for download, broadcast and online sharing available at NativeVote.org. Also, other materials can be printed and distributed in communities. The PSA videos and radio spots feature messages from tribal citizens, mothers and fathers, veterans, elders, tribal leaders, celebrities and athletes.
The national grassroots media campaign is also helping to register Native voters online. Participating websites will provide voters with the ability to register using Native Vote’s partner tools. Through a new partnership with Turbo Vote, Native Vote is making it easy for voters to register to vote online at http://nativevote.turbovote.org – a tool that makes it easier to register to vote. Turbo Vote delivers voter registration materials to an individual’s home with a pre-stamped envelope.
Tribal newspapers, radio stations, television stations, online destinations and other media outlets are encouraged to join the effort by disseminating the campaign’s PSAs and encouraging voter registration via social media, television, radio and print publications.
To sign up to participate and download content, go to: http://www.nativevote.org/page/media-campaign.
