Navajo Council convenes at 12:57 p.m. The Council is not making announcements and introductions. It is now 1:19 p.m. Interim COUNCIL DELEGATE ROLAND TSO I sat here for about two hours, waiting for the Council to get a quorum. I understand that the Delegates are trying to rake up as much money as they can […]
Navajo Nation Council Delegate Leonard Tsosie’s “Emergency” Legislation 0341-14, which would nullify the 2014 August Primary Election for the Presidential race only and approve a new Primary Election for Presidential candidates, followed by a Special General Election for President is on tomorrow’s, Dec. 30, 2014, special Council agenda. In legislation related to 0341-14, Tsosie got […]
Without debate, Council votes 13 in favor, 0 opposed on Legislation 0342-14: Relaling to Budget and Finance Committee, Resources and Development Committee, Naabikiyati Committee and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from the Unreserved, Undesignaled Fund Balance in the Amount of $500,000 for Tonalea/Red Lake Chapter for Professional Services and Demolition Project. Without debate, […]
Council now on Legislation No. 0346-14: Relating to Naabik’iyati’ Committee and the Navajo Nation Council; Waiving Certain Navajo Election Code Provisions to Allow for a Special Election for the President of the Navajo Nation and Other Elective Offices (Sponsor: Honorable LoRenzo Bates, Honorable Roscoe Smith) SPEAKER PRO TEM BATES Chief Justice says special presidential election […]
An updated PROPOSED AGENDA for the Navajo Nation Council’s special session tomorrow, Dec. 23, 2014, includes Legislation 0341-14, which is titled as an “Emergency” legislation “to address a matter of voter disenfranchisement and providing for a special run-off election and special General Election for the Office of the President.” And since Legislation 0341-14 was legally […]
Former Navajo Election Board of Supervisors Vice Chairperson Tom M. White Jr. said today, Nov. 12, that the former Election Board will be meeting tomorrow, Nov. 13, at 9 a.m. at the Quality Inn & Restaurant Business Complex conference room in Window Rock, Ariz. Tom informed me about the former Election Board’s meeting after the […]
Proposed Navajo Nation Council legislation to over-ride Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly’s veto of the Council’s amendments to the tribal election law regarding the Navajo language fluency qualification to be a presidential candidate goes before the Council’s top committee today, Nov. 12. The proposed over-ride legislation is 0309-14, which is titled “An Action Relating To […]
The Navajo Nation Council plans to override Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly’s veto of their EMERGENCY LEGISLATION to add language to the tribal election code that would allow voters to decide with their vote if a candidate is qualified. Speaker Pro Temp LoRenzo Bates stated in a PRESS RELEASE that Council Delegate Leonard Tsosie, who […]
The Navajo Nation Supreme Court DISMISSED disqualified presidential candidate Chris Deschene’s appeal of an Oct. 9, 2014, decision by the Navajo Nation Office of Hearings and Appeals that he was disqualified to be a presidential candidate. The dismissal by the Supreme Court was made yesterday, Oct. 21, 2014. According to a copy of the Supreme […]
The Navajo Supreme Court is now hearing arguments on why the Supreme Court should or should not issue an order to the Navajo Election Board and Office to comply with the Navajo Nation Office of Hearings and Appeals final order which disqualified Chris Deschene as a presidential candidate and the election law mandates that the […]
