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Navajo Council pardons Navajo Election Board

Navajo Nation Council – without debate – votes 11 in favor, 1 opposed on Legislation 0391-14, Pardon for former Navajo Election Board. Council adjourns at 7:58 am Legislation 0341-14 now heads to President Ben Shelly for his signature or veto. Navajo law allows the President ten days to make a decision and if there is […]

Navajo Council adds legislation to Pardon election board to its agenda

NAVAJO COUNCIL DEBATING ADDITION OF LEGISLATION 0391-14, PARDON OF NAVAJO ELECTION BOARD, TO ITS AGENDA BY PETITION OF 13 DELEGATES. COUNCIL VOTES ON CHALLENGE BY DELEGATE LEONARD TSOSIE TO SPEAKER PRO TEM BATES’ RULING THAT 0391-14, PARDON FOR ELECTION BOARD, IS OUT OF ORDER AND CANNOT BE ADDED TO COUNCIL AGENDA BY PETITION OF A […]

Navajo Council Delegate Danny Simpson predicts legal challenge to Pardon of Election Board

NAVAJO COUNCIL DEBATING ADDITION OF LEGISLATION 0391-14, PARDON OF NAVAJO ELECTION BOARD, TO ITS AGENDA BY PETITION OF 13 DELEGATES. DELEGATE DUANE TSINIGINE if 0391-14 is ruled out of order then I will make a motion for Legislation 0249-14, which is the funding of $286,247 for a special presidential election. DELEGATE EDUMUND YAZZIE my question […]

Navajo Council Delegate Tsosie challenging ruling that putting Pardon legislation on Councl agenda is out of order

NAVAJO COUNCIL DEBATING ADDITION OF LEGISLATION 0391-14, PARDON OF NAVAJO ELECTION BOARD, TO ITS AGENDA BY PETITION OF 13 DELEGATES. DELEGATE LEONARD TSOSIE The only way to add legislation 0391-14, Pardon for Navajo Election Board for any violation of law and reinstate to offices, which the Council’s Naabik’iyati Committee didn’t act on yesterday, Dec. 29, […]

Proposed Navajo Council legislation to Pardon Navajo Election Board added to Naabik’iyati Committee

Here at Navajo Council Naabik’iyati Committee, where Committee member/Delegate Leonard Tsosie asked to have his legislation added to today’s Naabi agenda. Tsosie’s legislation is, 0391-14 An Action Relating to Naa’bik’iyati’ and Navajo Nation Council; Pardoning Navajo Board of Election Supervisors From Any Violations of Law in the Performance of Their Work in Presiding Over the […]