'Sko Vote Den': Native organizers plan voter registration event at Brewers tailgate

Native organizers are hoping to field new voters with a baseball-themed effort to encourage Native Americans to turn up at the polls this fall.

Wisconsin Native Vote, an initiative of Wisconsin Conservation Voices, hopes to draw more than 1,000 people from the state’s 11 federally recognized tribes for a tailgate on Aug. 15 at the Milwaukee Brewers game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Anne Egan-Waukau, an urban organizer in Milwaukee, said it’s a way to bring communities together while encouraging tribal members to register to vote.

“We’re hoping that we just build a sense of camaraderie, let our people know their voices are heard, that they remember to vote, that they register to vote for the seventh generation. And that means to vote for all generations in the future,” Egan-Waukau said.




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