Vice President Kamala Harris and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland will meet on Tuesday with leaders from several Native American tribes to discuss voting rights amid a broader push by the administration to promote legislation on the issue.
The meeting in Harris’ office comes as the Biden administration pushes for expanding ballot access in the face of new restrictions at the state level.
Invited to the meeting with Harris are Kevin Killer, the president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and a former South Dakota state legislator; Shelly Fryant, the chairwoman of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in Montana; and Julie Kitka, the president of the Alaska Federation of Natives, which represents members of 168 federally recognized tribes in Alaska, according to a White House official.
