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Legislation to create Dine’ Uranium Remediation Advisory Commission goes before Navajo Council’s Naabik’iyati Committee on March 12 & Council on March 13

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Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, Tomorrow, March 12, will be a busy day. The Navajo Nation Council’s Naabik’iyati Committee is meeting at the Navajo Council chambers in Window Rock, Ariz., starting at 10 a.m. and the Navajo Nation Government Development Commission and Office is having a Listening Session on Navajo Nation Government Reform at the Fort Defiance, Ariz., […]

Elections for Navajo Nation president & election board April 21

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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 […]

Proposed new 2015 Primary Presidential Election would be June 2

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Navajo Council now on Legislation 0341-14, which would nullify August 2014 Primary Election so a new 2015 Primary Election could be held followed by a 2015 General Election. DELEGATE DWIGHT WITHERSPOON qualifications in amendment not stated. and requirements regarding filing fees shall be waived for candidates so if waiving then does that require 16 votes? […]

Navajo Council opposes funding of special presidential election

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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

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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 […]

Navajo Council debating funding of special presidential election

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Navajo Council now on Legislation 0249-14, which is funding Navajo Election Office for $286,247 for special presidential election. DELEGATE LEONARD TSOSIE Amendment to remove $286,247 and replace with $317,891. DELEGATE DWIGHT WITHERSPOON, raises a POINT OF ORDER when Speaker Pro Tem Jonathan Hale allows Delegate Tsosie to speak on his amendment after Hale informs Council […]

Navajo Council Delegate Leonard Tsosie talks about his legislation to nullify 2014 Primary Election for Presidential race

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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 […]

Navajo Council amends election law to allow voters to decide if presidential candidate fluent in Navajo language

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Council continues debating Legislation No. 0289-14: Relating to Law and Order, Naabik’iyati’, and the Navajo Nation Council; Amending Language Fluency Requirements of the Navajo Nation Election Code at 11 N.N.C. §8(A)(4) (Office of President/Vice President), §8(B)(8) 5 (Office of Council Delegate), §8(D)(2)(c) (Land Board) and §8(D)(3)(e) (Farm Board) (Sponsor: Honorable Lorenzo Curley) DELEGATE DWIGHT WITHERSPOON […]

Navajo Council Delegate Roland Tso opposes referendum on Navajo language fluency

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Council continues debating Legislation No. 0289-14: Relating to Law and Order, Naabik’iyati’, and the Navajo Nation Council; Amending Language Fluency Requirements of the Navajo Nation Election Code at 11 N.N.C. §8(A)(4) (Office of President/Vice President), §8(B)(8) 5 (Office of Council Delegate), §8(D)(2)(c) (Land Board) and §8(D)(3)(e) (Farm Board) (Sponsor: Honorable Lorenzo Curley) DELEGATE LEONARD TSOSIE […]

Navajo Council postpones special presidential election for 60 days, but no later than Aug. 31, 2015

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Council continues to debate 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) COUNCIL VOTE ON AMENDMENT 1, INSERT NEW LANGUAGE TO […]