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In the final days before the election, Get Out the Native Vote works to break down barriers

an official ballot box
An official ballot box located at an absentee voting station hosted by Get Out the Native Vote at the Cook Inlet Tribal Council building in Anchorage. (Adam Nicely/Alaska Public Media)

Language barriers and a lack of engagement from campaigns can prevent many Alaskans from fully participating in the electoral process, and in rural Alaska, the challenges can be much greater. As Alaska Public Media’s Madilyn Rose reports, one organization has made it their mission to break down systemic barriers.

Madilyn Rose is the program producer at Alaska Public Media. Reach her at mrose@alaskapublic.org.