Flood‑Ravaged Navajo Reservation Still Gets Voters to the Polls
Weeks of flooding washed out roads and displaced thousands, yet residents hauled themselves to voting sites, even using tractors.
Four weeks of flooding devastated the Navajo Reservation, washing out roads and forcing thousands of people to flee their homes.
Despite the devastation, many Navajo voters worked hard to reach polling places, turning voting day into a part of the recovery effort and even using tractors to get there.
For ordinary citizens, the ordeal highlights the high personal cost of exercising their democratic rights amid a natural disaster.
Original reporting
NPR
Navajo voters hop tractors, make extraordinary efforts to vote after widespread flooding
Four weeks of flooding washed out roads and sent thousands fleeing their homes on the Navajo Reservation. But many worked hard to get to polling places and voting day became part of the recovery process.
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- Flooding on the Navajo Reservation lasted four weeks and washed out roads.
- Flooding on the Navajo Reservation lasted four weeks.
- Thousands of people fled their homes on the Navajo Reservation due to flooding.
- The Navajo Reservation experienced widespread flooding.
- Many Navajo voters worked hard to get to polling places.
- Voting day became part of the recovery process on the Navajo Reservation.
- Navajo voters used tractors to reach polling places.
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