HERB YAZZIE REPEATS 2010 ELECTION HISTORY TO SAVE HIS JOB. JOE SHIRLEY JR. HAD A HAND IN KILLING A RETENTION VOTE BALLOT MEASURE IN 2010 I rolled out a Chapter Resolution for Judicial Reform asking for Retention Vote or Electing Judges. Come to find out today, that this was already on the ballot in 2010. It was killed in the 11th hour back in 2010 after it had been approved by the courts in June. I will research this but I just want to inform voters that Joe Shirley Jr. and Herb Yazzie killed this bill before and it was on a ballot but the votes were not counted. This disappeared but now I see its a pattern that Herb Yazzie and Joe Shirley Jr. are repeating. In 2010, they INVALIDATED votes that were already cast by EARLY BALLOT. WE CANNOT ALLOW THEM TO TAKE OUR VOICE AWAY (Google: Navajo Nation Judicial Elections Referendum Act of 2010) Judicial Committee approves Judicial Elections Referendum Act of 2010, bill goes before full Council for final approval June 23, 2010 excerpts: WINDOW ROCK, Ariz., — The Judicial Committee of the 21st Navajo Nation Council is leading an effort of possibly inserting a ballot measure into the Navajo Nation General Election on Nov. 2, after passing the Judicial Elections Referendum Act of 2010 during a regular scheduled meeting. The committee passed the Judicial Elections Referendum Act of 2010 (Legislation No. 0359-10), sponsored by Council Delegate Thomas Walker Jr. (Birdsprings/Leupp/Tolani Lake), which now goes before the full Council during its summer session for final approval. The committee passed Walker’s measure, 5-0. Council Delegate Walker’s legislation supports the idea of Navajo people participating in their democracy. As well, the legislation respects the Navajo Nation Supreme Court’s opinion (Nelson vs. Shirley) of offering the opportunity for the Navajo people to choose their leaders. On May 28, the high court issued its opinion in Nelson vs. Shirley stating, “The People have a fundamental right to choose their leaders and leaders have the obligation to ensure those rights.” Judicial Elections Referendum Act of 2010 invalidated by Judge Allen Sloan of the Tuba City District Court October 28, 2010 excerpts: TUBA CITY, Ariz. – The Judicial Elections Referendum Act of 2010, a Navajo Nation Council referendum to elect Navajo Nation Justices and Judges, will appear on the 2010 Navajo Nation General Election ballot; however, votes on the measure will not be counted. Judge Allen Sloan of the Tuba City District Court invalidated the measure at an evidentiary hearing held today. Judge Sloan’s decision means that over 5,000 absentee voters who casted their ballot will not have their referendum vote counted, only their votes for elected positions such as for the president and council delegates’ offices. Earlier this month, the president filed an application for preliminary injunction to halt the referendum but that was denied by Judge Sloan at the Window Rock District Court on grounds that the president acted prematurely. The president immediately appealed the lower’s courts Oct. 11 decision, prior to receiving full explanation of the district court decision. Last week, he re-submitted the appeal through an application for extraordinary writ, but that was also denied by the high court for procedural reasons, and it was the Supreme Court who ordered the evidentiary hearing. As a result, the court determined that the referendum measure failed to involve the president’s veto review, which correspondingly led to the court’s decision to invalidate the measure. The court also indicated that proper education efforts did not occur, despite the ongoing education from the Navajo election office, and encouraged both the executive and legislative branches to cooperate on the basis and principle of k’é. Kee Allen Begay, chair for the Judiciary Committee, echoed similar concerns. “The court’s decision short changes the Navajo people of their participation in their own government,” Begay said. “I encourage and ask that the Navajo people who have voted to challenge this decision simply because their right to participating in their government has been violated. It is very interesting that the court’s decision comes at the ‘eleventh hour’ during this election and the special election held last December.”
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