here at navajo nation office of hearings and appeals. it’s 8:36 am and there’s a line outside. the hearings on whether presidential candidate chris deschene is qualified to be a presidential candidate starts at 9 a.m.

dale tsosie who filed one of the two election complaints against deschene is already here in the hearing room which has about 14 chairs available for the public.

the complaints against deschene allege that he does not meet the Navajo language fluency qualification for presidential candidates.