James Tucker (Of Counsel-Las Vegas) is a contributing author to "Obstacles at Every Turn: Barriers to Political Participation Faced by Native American Voters," a report on nine public hearings held in 2017 and 2018 by the Native American Voting Rights Coalition, which was founded by the Native American Rights Fund (NARF). As chronicled in the June 1, 2020, edition of High Country News, the purpose of the hearings was to better understand how Native Americans are systemically and culturally kept from fully exercising their franchise. More than 120 witnesses testified from dozens of tribes across the country. From the report: "Jacqueline De León, Staff Attorney at NARF, and Dr. James Thomas Tucker, Pro Bono Voting Rights Counsel for NARF, served as Co-directors for the field hearings and the resulting report. In addition to planning the hearings, both attended all nine of the field hearings and co-chaired several of them."
Wilson Elser contributed pro bono assistance, including
the preparation of summaries of the field hearing transcripts that
facilitated preparation of the report. Named in the report were
Jason Canne, Natasha Quest, Beata Shapiro, Kara Thorvaldsen and
Marissa Tripolsky (Boston); Amanda Ebert, Jordan Montet and Alia
Najjar (Las Vegas); Kam Cole, David Hoynacki, Angela Michaels, Leo
Vaisburg and Kelly Van Nort (San Diego); and John Cahill (White
Plains). Special thanks were extended to Wilson Elser's
Marketing Department and Jacqueline Harding, Chair of Wilson
Elser's Pro Bono Committee, for their support in this
endeavor.
Read the Report.
Native American Rights Fund (NARF)
Originally published 04 June 2020
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