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After Alaska, Oklahoma is the US state with the most Native Americans of voting age -- 12 percent of the population, according to government census statistics. Rock the Native Vote, an association that encourages the Native American community to go to the polls, has been working to register more voters at the Comanche Nation Fair. "We do have a right to vote. And we didn’t get that right until, not that many years ago. Some of my ancestors didn’t have the right to vote even though we were the first people on this land," says Codie Horse-Topetchy, a coordinator with Rock the Native Vote. A potential turnaround in low Native American registration and turnout could prove decisive in the November 2024 elections. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES