A lawsuit was settled Wednesday regarding plaintiffs’ claims that San Juan County did not provide effective language assistance to Navajo-speaking voters and that Navajo voters had unequal voting opportunities in the county. The lawsuit originated in early 2016 over San Juan County’s decision to switch to a vote-by-mail system and offer in-person voting in only one place located in the majority-white section of the county.
A press release stated that the parties to the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission v. San Juan County have agreed upon a motion to dismiss that requests the court keep jurisdiction over the case giving it the ability to enforce the agreement going forward.
In the settlement agreement, the county has agreed to implement various measures to create equal opportunities for Navajo voters.
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