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The Complete Timeline of the Navajo Presidential Dispute by Paul Spruhan :: SSRN

The article is a complete timeline of the events in the Navajo Nation’s presidential election dispute from April, 2014, when the candidates filed their applicat Source: The Complete Timeline of the Navajo Presidential Dispute by Paul Spruhan :: SSRN The article is a complete timeline of the events in the Navajo Nation’s presidential election dispute […]

Navajo Supreme Court asked to invalidate Navajo Council resolution for referendum to change Navajo language fluency law

A legal rerquest was made this morning to the Navajo Nation Supreme Court to enforce its Feb, 20 decision for the Navajo Election Administration to hold a special presidential election between former Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. and former Navajo Nation Council Delegate Russell Begaye as soon as possible. The NEA announced weeks ago […]

Elections for Navajo Nation president & election board April 21

Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, It appears that the Navajo Nation Council or rather Speaker LoRenzo Bates, after flexing his muscles, decided on Feb. 23 to respect the Feb. 20 decision of the Navajo Nation Supreme Court and have the special presidential election between presidential candidates former Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. and former Navajo Council Delegate […]

Navajo Nation Supreme Court invalidates Council nullification of 2014 Primaries & Pardon of Election Board

The Navajo Nation Supreme Court invalidated the Council’s legislation that nullified the 2014 Presidential Primary Election and called for a 2015 Presidential Primary Election with all 17 presidential candidates, including disqualified presidential candidate Chris Deschene, in June and a Presidential General Election in August. The Supreme Court’s decision today, which was issued through a 3:24 […]

No Action on Navajo Council legislation to return disqualified presidential candidate to ballot; Fracking-Uranium-Oil & Gas Development report rescheduled; Uranium advisory commission heads to Council

Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, I’m here at the Navajo Nation Council’s Law and Order Committee, which is meeting in the north conference room of the Navajo Nation Council chambers in Window Rock, Ariz. It is now 11:47 a.m. I was at the Council’s Health, Education & Human Services Committee to hear a Report on Fracking, Uranium, Oil […]

Efforts renewed to get disqualified presidential candidate back on Navajo Nation ballot; Creating Navajo Nation uranium advisory commission; Increasing qualifications for Navajo Nation judges while watering down presidential qualifications

Navajo Nation Council Delegate Leonard Tsosie continues his fight to get disqualified presidential candidate Chris Deschene back on the special presidential election ballot. Tsosie goes before the Navajo Council’s Law & Order Committee with legislation 0013-15: “An Action relating to Law and Order, NAABIK’IYATI’ and The Navajo Nation Council; Amending 11 N.N.C.§§2,4,8,42,145 and 824 regarding […]

Navajo Nation Council behind locked doors…

Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, If you were among the many people who went to the Navajo Nation Council chambers in Window Rock, Ariz., to attend the Navajo Nation Council’s five-day Winter Session and found the doors to the chambers locked, it was because the Council decided last night, before they recessed at 8 p.m., that they would […]

Navajo Nation Election director and 11 Navajo Council delegates facing contempt charges

The Navajo Nation Supreme Court has been asked to hold 11 Navajo Nation Council delegates in contempt of court for voting for the nullification of the 2014 Navajo Nation Primary Election for the presidential race so a new June 2015 Primary Election for the presidency and a special August 2015 General Election for the presidency […]

Navajo Council opposes funding of special presidential election

Navajo Council debating Legislation 0249-14, which is funding Navajo Election Office for $286,247 for special presidential election. DELEGATE LORENZO CURLEY Is this election rigged? Is the reason that a special presidential election being pushed forward is because of Joe Shirley’s supporters? There is much confusion over this election and it’s because there is no election […]

Navajo Council in heated debate over funding special presidential election

Navajo Council now on Legislation 0249-14, which is funding Navajo Election Office for $286,247 for special presidential election. The five minute recall of Council is over. There are 15 delegates on the floor. it is now 5:36 p.m. SPEAKER PRO TEM JONATHAN HALE a document with transcript of Dec. 23, 2015, special Council session has […]