Navajo Nation might postpone presidential election because of Supreme Court language challenge

Navajo Nation election leaders might be forced to postpone this year’s presidential elections because a pending Navajo Nation Supreme Court decision against candidate Chris Deschene, who doesn’t speak Navajo fluently, a requirement to be president, according to the Navajo Times.

The Navajo Election Administration is under a tight deadline of Thursday to print absentee ballots, which are required to be mailed 30 days before the Nov. 3 election.

However, the Navajo Nation Supreme Court says it won’t have a decision to the challenge against Deschene until Friday at the earliest.