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Traveling by boat and snowmachine, this Yup’ik grandmother promotes voting in remote Alaska villages
Aucha Kameroff is on a mission. This year, the 65-year-old Yup’ik grandmother traveled hundreds of miles by snowmachine and boat, all to remind people in some of Alaska’s most remote communities that their votes matter.
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