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Navajo Nation applauds expected extension of San Juan voting rights deal
Agreement would require the Utah county to continue offering language assistance and early voting opportunities on the Navajo Nation into 2024.
(Zak Podmore | Tribune file photo) Geri Hernandez, a certified Navajo interpreter working for San Juan County, holds a bilingual I voted sticker at an early voting day at the Red Mesa Chapter House on the Navajo Nation in San Juan County on Oct. 8, 2020.
| Feb. 25, 2021, 2:00 p.m.
A landmark voting rights settlement between San Juan County and the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission will likely be extended into 2024.
Supporters say the deal will ensure access to Navajo language assistance during elections as well as expanded early voting opportunities for residents of Utah’s only majority-minority county, which overlaps with the Navajo and Ute Mountain Ute nations.