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In Arizona, these young Native American voters seize their political power
Left to right: Lourdes Pereira, 23, Matthew Holgate, 23, Alec Ferreira, 25, Shelbylyn Henry, 32, Xavier Medina, 25, and Nalani Lopez, 19. The six voters met with NPR at the Phoenix Indian Center in downtown Phoenix, Az.
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Left to right: Lourdes Pereira, 23, Matthew Holgate, 23, Alec Ferreira, 25, Shelbylyn Henry, 32, Xavier Medina, 25, and Nalani Lopez, 19. The six voters met with NPR at the Phoenix Indian Center in downtown Phoenix, Az.
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Young and Native voters could make or break the 2024 election in Arizona for President Biden. Four years ago, both groups helped Biden win the state by just 11,400 votes, making him the first Democratic candidate to carry Arizona in over 20 years.
This year, these voters are expected to not only be influential in the race for the White House but also for control of Congress.
In between, there are young, Native voters deciding how to use their electoral power.
But strategists and politicians familiar with organizing Native voters agree: more needs to be done to court this significant voting bloc.
“Native voters are powerful, and we can’t be ignored anymore. We’ve shown that,” said Jaynie Parrish, executive director of Arizona Native Vote. Parrish is part of the Navajo Nation. “And we just need other people to meet us where we are and get on board.”
The battleground state is home to 22 federally recognized Native tribes and nations. The U.S. Census estimates that more than 300,000 people in Arizona identify as Native American. Each tribal government and community, whether it’s rural or urban, has its own unique governance, history and challenges to participating in state and federal elections.
“We are fighting against structures that weren’t built for us… They weren’t meant for us there. They were trying to kill us all. We’re not supposed to be here,” Parrish said. “We’re not supposed to be voters.”
Organizers say challenges remain with outreach from the Democratic and Republican parties.
Outreach that goes beyond asking for a vote. Arizona state GOP Rep. David Cook said that Native voters are stereotyped as affiliating with Democrats, leaving votes on the table for the Republican party.
“[Republicans] need to get outside their comfort zone and go out and meet those Americans, those Arizonans in this state,” Cook said, whose legislative district borders five tribal reservations. “That one Native American vote on that reservation, no matter what party, is just as important as my [own] vote.”
Cook said that he has seen limited attempts to bridge that gap from his party in Arizona, something he sees as shortsighted when many conservative issues could overlap with issues in Native communities
“Tribal members on reservations have a lot in common with those people that live off reservations in small rural communities,” he said. “They want good schools and education opportunities. They want good jobs, but really careers to raise families on. They want good roads and bridges and stuff for their kids. And they want to live in safe communities.”
When asked who is responsible for conducting outreach to tribal members, the Republican National Committee told NPR it doesn’t have a point person but is rolling out voting resources in Navajo. The Arizona GOP did not respond to NPR’s requests about tribal outreach, but there are signs that statewide candidates acknowledge the need to mobilize the community. Kari Lake, a Republican running for Arizona Senate, has a Natives for Kari Lake group.
Democrats have a head start. They formed outreach roles on the national level at the Democratic National Committee, down to the local Navajo County office.
Loren Marshall, 38, is the director of campaigns and engagement for Northeast Arizona Native Democrats, a project of the Navajo County Democrats. Marshall, who wasn’t registered to vote until 2020, works to get tribal members registered to vote and has put an emphasis on courting young voters.
She said she’s encountered pushback from younger voters over not wanting to be active in a system that damaged their communities.
“‘Why would we want to participate or get involved in something that just has not been something that we’ve practiced or something that we’ve done as Natives’,” Marshall said, repeating comments she’d heard.
Still, she said she’s confident turnout will be high for Democrats this year, partially due to their focus on community-based organizing.
“We’re going to be able to get a lot of folks to come out, and the voter turnout is going to be pretty high,” Marshall said. “It’s going to be a great election year in tribal communities.”
Arizona ranks as the top third state where young voters are most likely to shape the presidential race, according to data from Tufts University, and the top state for young voter impact on the Senate election.
NPR spoke with six young indigenous-identifying Arizona voters to discuss what political parties need to do to win over their potentially election-deciding vote this November.
- Alec Ferreira, 25, San Carlos Apache Tribe, youth program coordinator for the San Carlos Apache Tribe Vice-Chairman
- Lourdes Pereira, 23, Hia-Ced/Tohono O’odham tribe and Yoeme, archivist at Hia-Ced Hemajkam LLC and program specialist for the Administration for Native Americans
- Matthew Holgate, 23, Diné, Navajo Nation, director of student engagement at the American Indian College
- Nalani Lopez, 19, San Carlos Apache tribe and Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, student at Scottsdale Community College
- Shelbylyn Henry, 32, Diné, Navajo Nation, lead Navajo organizer with the indigenous organizing group Wingbeat 88
- Xavier Medina, 25, Pascua Yaqui Tribe, police officer with the Pascua Yaqui Police Department
Read more of their conversation below. These responses have been edited for clarity and length.
What do people get wrong about you and your community?
Sitting in a classroom at the Phoenix Indian Center in December, the six voters open up about where they are from. Their tribes, hometowns and reservations span across urban and rural areas and state and country borders.
Ferreira: That there’s nothing going on in our community. When in reality, for us in San Carlos, there’s so much going on. Whether it be good or whether it be bad. There’s a lot of opportunities for our people to grow.
Pereira: I think people, at least specifically with the Hia-Ced, what I’ve heard is like people just call us Mexicans or like, ‘oh, you guys aren’t really Native.’ And you know, the border crossed us. We didn’t cross the border.
Lourdes Pereira, 23, is part of the Hia-Ced O’odham and Yoeme communities. The recent Arizona State University graduate is passionate about preserving tribal culture. She identifies as a Democrat.
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Lourdes Pereira, 23, is part of the Hia-Ced O’odham and Yoeme communities. The recent Arizona State University graduate is passionate about preserving tribal culture. She identifies as a Democrat.
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Holgate: I think so many times outsiders will come into our communities just assuming that, ‘I need to be the voice for you or the savior for you,’ when in reality, we have so many educated people and people who are entrepreneurs and pioneers in different areas.
Lopez: People will come onto our reservation to practice shooting their guns because they just think it’s empty farmland or they don’t know that it’s an actual community living there. They just think it’s like farmland in between the two cities.
What do politicians get wrong?
The six tribal members all agreed on one overarching theme: politicians on both sides of the aisle haven’t taken the time to get to know their communities. They detailed problems with water access, poor infrastructure and fracturing business sectors. Problems they wish they could tell candidates vying for their votes.
Pereira: When they get the opportunity for a photo op, they’re just using students to come out and take a few pictures, and that’s it. I would rarely get an opportunity to say what I’m doing, and if I did speak, it would be 2.5 seconds and they’re gone. They really don’t care. But because you’re Native and because you’re you, they really just want you in the picture.
Matthew Holgate, 23 and part of the Navajo Nation, considers himself an independent that leans Democrat. Holgate is an advocate against human trafficking, with a focus in tribal communities.
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Matthew Holgate, 23 and part of the Navajo Nation, considers himself an independent that leans Democrat. Holgate is an advocate against human trafficking, with a focus in tribal communities.
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Holgate: I’ve also had leaders who have really changed my life because they come, they go to my grandmother’s house and they see that she doesn’t have running water… And I think there’s so many politicians who stop at the parade and that’s like the most exposure they’ll ever have.
Finding their political voice
Whether or not they were old enough to vote in 2020, all six referenced the last presidential election as a defining moment where they felt their voice was heard. Native Americans have only had the right to vote in federal elections for 100 years — a right several reflected was still fought for by their elders for decades after. To these six, the act of voting also honors that past.
Henry: You hear it all the time: ‘Vote. Your vote matters. Your vote matters.’ And for so long ours didn’t. It felt like we had no influence, no power. So 2020 was where everything kind of turned around. And it showed a lot of people, and it showed a lot of us, the potential we have. So ever since then, I keep up with the voting.
Shelbylyn Henry, 32, belongs to the Navajo Nation. She found her political voice during the 2020 presidential election, as she watched her community grapple with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Shelbylyn Henry, 32, belongs to the Navajo Nation. She found her political voice during the 2020 presidential election, as she watched her community grapple with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ferreira: I heard a lot of the politicians saying that ‘Hey, we need the Native vote.’ We didn’t necessarily show up in 2016 as much as we should have… It didn’t feel like it mattered until 2020. That was the first time it felt like it mattered because it was the first time that we decided the election.
Holgate: Voting and politics in general, is more of a family thing for me… As an indigenous person.. we’re fighting for land, and for water and for natural resources. And it just feels so lonely at times, especially being in an urban setting where most of your friends are non-Native, urban. They have no clue about what we’re facing back home or what our families are facing. And that’s always a struggle. I think it’s a lonely journey, voting and stuff for me.
Local issues stay top of mind
For Xavier Medina, 25, who belongs to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, his job as a tribal police offer influences his political opinions. Despite previously identifying as a Democrat, he now sees himself more in the middle, and is primarily concerned about public safety in his community.
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For Xavier Medina, 25, who belongs to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, his job as a tribal police offer influences his political opinions. Despite previously identifying as a Democrat, he now sees himself more in the middle, and is primarily concerned about public safety in his community.
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Medina: Something that I have personal encounters with every time I clock in with my job is a huge drug issue. A lot of fentanyl [has] leaked into my community where there’s countless overdoses to the point where I’m afraid of running out of Narcan and doing CPR on these subjects.
Holgate: Education’s so huge for us in Native and indigenous populations. But I think something that I’m starting to look at now is how do I empower students from tribal nations in high school to graduate?
Pereira: We are a border tribe. And specifically with Hia-Ced O’odham ancestral territory Aravaipa, which is a sacred spring, was desecrated. We had to actually go back to rebury our ancestors. And it was the most disturbing thing…these are sacred cemeteries that [former President Donald Trump] blew up with his wall.
Ferreira: The lack of economic opportunities, lack of things for our kids to do and thus leads to more problems right there in itself. Of course, we’re just barely scratching the surface of it. But crime is running rampant in my community. It’s not something I’m proud of. It’s something that’s quite scary, to be honest with you.
Choosing a political party? It’s complicated
These young millennial and Gen Z voters have experienced both the current Biden and former Trump administrations. They have kept the receipts of what has helped, hurt and not changed in their communities.
Nalani Lopez, 19, lives in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. She’s also part of the San Carlos Apache and Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara tribes. This year is Lopez’s first presidential election, and despite supporting Biden in 2020, she’s unsure if she’ll back him this time.
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Nalani Lopez, 19, lives in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. She’s also part of the San Carlos Apache and Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara tribes. This year is Lopez’s first presidential election, and despite supporting Biden in 2020, she’s unsure if she’ll back him this time.
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Ferreira: Honestly, I am somebody who doesn’t necessarily subscribe to the Republican Party or the Democratic Party. I fit right in between…when I hear about these two options. I’m not inspired. I know I probably shouldn’t be saying that, but it’s the truth. I don’t feel like I’m going to make America a better place by voting for one or the other because at the end of the day, we still see the same issues on our reservation.
Medina: Before I was a police officer, I worked in behavioral health, and that had more of a Democratic atmosphere. Now, being a police officer, it’s the polar opposite, working in a predominantly far-right conservative atmosphere. It’s just like, well, where do I place it? Because both leaders don’t adequately express the needs of my people or for myself.
Lopez: I remember, [in 2020,] I would Instagram message people like, ‘if you can vote, please vote for Biden,’ because I just remember it being such a close election during that time. I wasn’t able to vote… but now for 2024, I’m not super impressed by either candidate… They’re not really seeing community problems up close and personal.
Will Biden keep their votes?
Despite a hesitancy for Trump, these voters are also unclear on Biden’s record. Ferreira was able to link the reopening of a sawmill on the San Carlos Reservation to funds from the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden’s landmark climate bill. Still, he called it a PR flop. Pereira said she hasn’t seen any change — the border wall, which she also notes has disrupted local ecosystems on Hia-Ced ancestral territory— is still up. Henry expressed disappointment over Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war.
That said, the Biden administration has boasted billions of dollars to Tribal communities from bills and agency projects aimed at COVID-19 pandemic relief, infrastructure, business and climate. But making that clear is a different challenge.
Alec Ferreira, 25, works as the youth program coordinator for the San Carlos Apache Tribe Vice-Chairman. Ferreira, who identifies as an independent, told NPR he doesn’t feel inspired by any of the candidates running for president.
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Alec Ferreira, 25, works as the youth program coordinator for the San Carlos Apache Tribe Vice-Chairman. Ferreira, who identifies as an independent, told NPR he doesn’t feel inspired by any of the candidates running for president.
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Henry: Trump is never going to be a choice for me. Biden, it’s very much on the scale of closer to no, but it’s so complicated… I’m gonna go by actions, not by party, not by who’s telling me who to vote for. So it’s just going to be a lot more research and keeping an eye open on the news and different news media too.
Medina: As Native people in the room, we have a sentimental part in our environment and making sure our environment is protected… That’s what predominantly got me to vote for Biden. Trump, I’m not the most confident of giving my vote to still, but I try to be as open-minded as I can be to this upcoming election, but it’s a lot of pressure to choose one side.
Lopez: I think a lot of young voters, once they vote for someone, they’ll vote for them, but they won’t really keep up with what they’re doing. If you just ask a random person like, ‘Oh, do you know [Biden’s] record?’ They’re not going to know. I just don’t think it’s something that a lot of people keep track of.
Pereira: I at least have to acknowledge that with Biden was [U.S. Secretary of the Interior] Deb Haaland. And that was huge for us in Indian Country. Me, just even being a Native woman, that was major.
Holgate: I’m leaning towards President Joe Biden just for the sake of continuing some of the work that we’ve been able to do… President Trump’s office really lacked the voice of Native people, and it felt it was more liaisons. Whereas you see in President Biden’s cabinet, there’s an actual Native person there who has lived in our shoes or in the place that we know and the hardships.
Ferreira: [Biden] doesn’t have everybody’s vote. He has a lot of work he still has to do. There is so much work that needs to be done within Indian Country…Nothing’s ever a lock. In these past four years, things have gotten a lot more expensive, too. Yeah, Biden has given a historic amount of money to Indian Country, but the cost of everything in this country is a lot more.
A final message to politicians? ‘It’s our time.’
Holgate: My message to Republicans and Democrats is just to see us and to acknowledge us…Come to our table. Or bring us to your table.
Lopez: I don’t like when people come to our communities just to take a quick picture for 30 seconds and go back on their way. I really want people to take the time to listen to what we have to say, especially from the people and community members.
Ferreira: Remember who is running the table right now. It’s our time. Native people, we decided at the last election. We can very well decide the next one.
MARANA, AZ (AZFamily) — Proposals for data centers and ICE detention facilities in Marana are dividing neighbors and turning some against their local leaders.
These are two issues that some Republicans and Democrats are finding themselves agreeing on, as people try to take charge of who and what ends up in their communities.
“Well, first I think everyone on our city council needs to be replaced. What they are doing to Marana and surrounding areas is destroying our future and our kids’ futures,” a Marana resident said.
A recent proposal by the Department of Homeland Security would create an ICE detention center about 3 miles from the community center.
The property proposed for the ICE facility was a minimum-security prison with a capacity of about 500 people. The release said that renovations will increase capacity to 775, but could expand to over 1,300.
DHS officials say the facility would include more exam rooms, a dental area, and other features.
Arizona’s Family asked DHS for some clarification on those numbers and details. DHS released a statement saying, “ICE does not discuss individual pre-decisional conversations, but when a new facility contract is finalized, information will be available on ICE.gov.”
Data center concerns
Meanwhile, a rezoning application for a data center surfaced on the Town of Marana’s website last week.
It’s the second potential data center in the area and has people itching to get to public comment to voice their concerns.
“The detention center- we don’t need that here; no one wants that here. The data center- I mean, we already don’t have water and it’s awful; we don’t need another data center. Look at the ones across the country and what they’re doing,” the Marana resident we spoke with said.
Marana Town Manager Terry Rozema said nothing is set in stone.
“There’s so many factors that could come into considering whether or not something is beneficial to a community,” Rozema said.
Supporters of these projects said they will create jobs.
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The Pocket Fire burning north of Sedona and sending smoke and ash into Flagstaff has been tricky for firefighters to access because of the steep and narrow terrain through canyons and along cliffsides. These same landscape features mean that many others watching the fire’s rapid progress from afar have worried with little information about which of their favorite hiking trails and scenic viewpoints near Oak Creek Canyon may not look the same again in their lifetimes.
On June 30, the fire perimeter had exceeded 15,000 acres after growing about 4,000 acres overnight. This expansion took the shape of a finger jutting to the west from near the southern edge of the fire while the northern edge broadened along Forest Service Road 9042, where firefighter crews worked to hold it.
For residents of Kachina Village, the community most in the path of the fire’s recent growth and one known to be particularly vulnerable to fire, that northern progress being redirected east and west along the firebreak road was something to celebrate.
For others, fears and questions about singed trails, camping spots, homes and businesses remain.
What is clear is that parts of the distant edge of the popular West Fork trail, which starts at West Fork Trailhead off of U.S. 89A through Oak Creek Canyon and follows West Fork Oak Creek as it twists and turns between stunning red rock canyon walls, are within the Pocket Fire’s active perimeter. The popular panoramic vista from the “Edge of the World” viewpoint in East Pocket off Forest Road 231 was also enveloped by the fire in its early days.
But that doesn’t necessarily mean these areas are unrecoverable as scenic and beloved recreation spots. Wildfires frequently burn discontinuously through forested landscapes, as embers send out new sparks to distant forest patches. So the damage severity from the Pocket Fire in many places is not yet known.
After the Dragon Bravo fire burned 150,000 acres near the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in 2025, a Burn Area Emergency Response team concluded months later that only 1% of the 71,000 park-managed acres within the perimeter showed evidence of a “high severity” burn. The rest had better odds of ecological recovery.
To prevent a need for too much of that in one of the Sedona area’s most treasured spots, though, crews on the Pocket Fire have worked out a “really solid plan to protect all of our identified values and to keep fire out of the bottom of Oak Creek Canyon,” said operations section chief trainee Clyde England of the Southwest Incident Management Team in his morning briefing about the fire on June 30.
England emphasized that crews were focused on keeping the fire out of the West Fork drainage, by conducting backburning efforts and building a buffer on the east side, while limiting progress north toward Kachina Village. They are also working with the Arizona Department of Transportation to remove hazard trees along the roadway, so there is “one less risk we have to worry about” if the fire does jump down into Oak Creek Canyon.
“I want to reiterate that the threat component is still there, as fire is coming down into West Fork,” England said. “There is still a potential for the fire to find some fuels and get some alignment with the winds out of the canyon. We don’t anticipate it. That’s why we still got a big presence up there, just in case some unforeseen event pushes some fire out up on the ridge into that (eastern) corner.”
Another area the team is watching is along the southern edge of the fire in Dry Creek near Bear Sign Canyon, the site of a popular 7-mile hiking trail that passes through “a carpet of ferns with views of white Coconino sandstone cliffs,” according to a nearby business offering lodging for hikers. England said the team has been able to “insert people” into that area over the past few days to build hand lines and work with helicopters on bucket drops to help prevent the fire from spreading to the Seven Canyons area and Enchantment Golf Resort.
The historic Fernow Cabin, a former U.S. Forest Service guard station, is also safe so far, England said, thanks to defensive firing by crews over the weekend that will continue for a few more days to keep the structure intact.
On the northwest edge of the fire, a containment line along Forest Service road 231 is “looking really good,” England said, with a recent expansion of the fire map there reflecting defensive fire efforts rather than wildfire growth. That effort will help protect the power lines to communities in Oak Creek from damage. Fire retardant drops and reinforced dozer and hand lines have helped prevent the fire from progressing over the 536 or 535 roads.
“If we can get it down in this canyon, use the weather patterns, the fuels, the rocky terrain to our advantage, we can find a way to choke that out,” England said. “So our ops are all looking good, our confidence is there.”
Addressing the southwestern corner of the Pocket Fire perimeter, England struck a more somber tone, acknowledging expansion of flames across Round Top Mountain toward Secret Canyon.
That’s the reality of wildfire in the American Southwest, scientists say, in an age of the drying and warming influences of climate change combined with ever-expanding human development and juxtaposed against federal funding cuts.
“The anticipation is that some of this fire will be on the landscape for a while,” he said. “There’s just no access and no way to get folks into that country. You might see that fire and that smoke for a while.”
Joan Meiners is the climate news and storytelling reporter at The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com. Send tips or questions to joan.meiners@arizonarepublic.com or follow her work on Instagram at @joan_bikes_arizona.
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Flags were lowered in Arizona on Tuesday, June 30, in honor of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who died fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire in 2013.
Gov. Katie Hobbs ordered flags be flown at half-staff from sunrise through sunset on Tuesday to honor them on the 13th anniversary of their death.
Sparked by a lighting strike, the Yarnell fire became nationally known as an emblem of tragedy. The crew, which was part of a unique municipal-level firefighting effort, was encircled by flames reaching 2,000 degrees with no way out. All but one of them died.
The blaze was the deadliest for U.S. firefighters since 1933 and the greatest loss of U.S. firefighter life since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
“Hotshot crews take on dangerous and difficult firefighting to keep Arizona communities safe,” Hobbs wrote in her a statement. “We recognize and honor the sacrifice and bravery of the Granite Mountain Hotshots. This will always be a day we mark with mourning, reflection, and deep admiration for the members of this crew, their families, and the wildland firefighting community.”
Here’s when flags are traditionally lowered in the United States and the difference between half-mast and half-staff.
What is the difference between half-mast and half-staff?
The terms “half-mast” and “half-staff” both refer to lowering a flag to honor or mourn someone, but they are used in different settings.
“Half-mast” traditionally refers to flags flown on ships or at naval stations, while “half-staff” is used for flags flown on land. In the United States, “half-staff” is the term most commonly used for government buildings and public flag displays.
When are flags flown at half-staff in the US?
In the United States, flags are lowered to half-staff on certain national observances and following the deaths of notable public officials.
According to the Arizona state website, the U.S. flag is flown at half-staff on these days:
- Memorial Day, when the flag should be displayed at half-staff until noon only, then raised to the top of the staff.
- Peace Officers Memorial Day, unless that day is also Armed Forces Day.
- Patriot Day.
- National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
- National Firefighters Memorial Day.
The president of the United States may also order flags to be flown at half-staff after the death of a notable public figure. In those cases, the length of time depends on the person’s role:
- 30 days from the death of the president or a former president.
- 10 days from the day of death of the vice president, the chief justice or a retired chief justice of the United States, or the speaker of the House of Representatives.
- From the day of death until the interment of an associate justice of the Supreme Court, a secretary of an executive or military department, a former vice president or the governor of a state.
- The day of death and the following day for a member of Congress.
The governor may also order flags lowered to half-staff after the death of notable current or former government officials or members of the armed forces who die while on active duty.
In Arizona, the governor can also require that the state flag be lowered at all state, institutional and educational buildings. The law also allows the state flag to be lowered on the death of an incumbent elected state officer for seven days beginning on the day following the death of the officer.
Arizona Republic reporter Laura Gersony contributed to this article.
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