Giago on HuffPo on CNO Voto NoNo
Over on HuffPo Tim Giago writes:
I wonder if Ms. Watson has ever visited the Cherokee Nation? It is easy enough to ask Bert Hammond, her legislative aide, but the answer is yes. Congresswoman Watson held meet-and-greets in Tulsa with Cherokees, it was reported in the Muskogee Phoenix, which counts as "the home page" inside the District.
... the ballot in March of 2007, 76 percent of the citizens of the Cherokee Nation voted NO. Actually, the correct statement is that of the approximately 8,700 ballots cast in the March 2007 special referendum, by approximately 48,160 registered voters, or on a 18% turnout, approximately 6,600 ballots, or 13.7% of the registered vote, supported Chad Smith's disenfranchisement text. Substitute "14 percent" for "76 percent" and "currently registered voters" for "citizens" and Tim's text is correct. What 6.6k votes cast and 250k total citizens works out to is ... 2.6%.
I'm a Dawes Rolls Cherokee and I suppose I should get off the dime and enroll in the CNO and register to vote. However, I spent my Spring running the Leeds/Vann campaign website and while in Telequah shuttling the kids between the pool and the library while my spouse helped Stacy and Raymond in the campaign office. I'm OK with that.
And I have the CNO voter file. All 48,160 records. And I'm OK with that too.
