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Court rejects bid to extend ballot counting on Navajo Nation

by Jacques Billeaud
| October 16, 2020 1:03 PM

PHOENIX (AP) — An appeals court has refused to give an extra 10 days after Election Day to count ballots mailed by Navajo Nation members living on the Arizona portion of the tribe’s reservation, ruling that a later deadline for Navajos would burden election officials who wouldn’t be able to tell from ballots whether voters are members of the tribe.

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