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Disqualified candidate in Navajo race files another appeal
A former Navajo Nation candidate for president says the order disqualifying him from the race over his lack of fluency should be thrown out after it was discovered that the hearing officer who issued it also did not qualify for his job.
Tentative date set for Navajo presidential contest
Navajo voters are scheduled to go to the polls just before Christmas to choose their next president. The Navajo Election Administration tentatively has set the election for Dec. 23.
Navajo elections director agrees to postpone Presidential race
The elections director on the Navajo Nation says he will scrap Tuesday's presidential election and hold the contest at a later date.
Navajo president vetoes language-fluency changes
The president of the Navajo Nation dealt a major setback to a candidate for the tribe's top elected post when he vetoed a bill to let voters decide whether presidential hopefuls are proficient in the Navajo language.
Navajo presidential election remains in limbo
Navajo Nation election officials are being challenged for not immediately removing a presidential candidate disqualified over a language fluency requirement from the ballot.
Navajo Nation Council passes emergency language requirement repeal
Shortly after midnight last night, the Navajo Nation Council voted to scrap the longstanding requirement for the tribe’s president to be fluent in the Navajo Language. The eleventh-hour vote, approved 11-10 with one abstaining, clears a path for Chris Deschene to remain on the ballot. His qualifications had been challenged over his admittedly limited ability in speaking the Navajo language.[...]
Disqualified tribal candidate Deschene persists in campaign
A Navajo presidential candidate disqualified from the race is holding out hope that election officials and tribal lawmakers will provide a way for him to remain on the ballot, despite the long odds.
Tribe’s high court orders candidate off ballot
A candidate for tribal president on the nation's largest Indian reservation lost another round in a language fluency dispute Wednesday, all but ending his bid for office.
Disqualified Navajo candidate to remain on ballot
The name of a disqualified Navajo presidential candidate will remain on the ballot, and the election will proceed as planned Nov. 4.
Ruling against Navajo presidential candidate over language fluency
A candidate for president on the nation's largest Indian reservation could be removed from the ballot just weeks before the general election after he refused to show whether he is fluent in Navajo as required by tribal law. In a hearing that underlined the importance of the language to the Navajo Nation, an administrative court officer said he had no choice but to rule against Chris Deschene.
Navajo high court weighs case on language fluency
The decision about whether Navajo Nation presidential candidate Chris Deschene speaks Navajo fluently enough to be on the ballot is headed back to a lower tribal court after a Navajo Nation Supreme court ruling Friday.
Bennett cruises to reelection as secretary of state
Republican Ken Bennett will continue as Arizona's secretary of state. Bennett, who was appointed to the position when Jan Brewer was elevated to governor last year, defeated Democrat Chris Deschene in the Nov. 2 election.
