Apache County Superior Court grants Navajo Nation’s request to extend voting hours
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Apache County Superior Court Judge Michael Latham tonight granted the Navajo Nation’s motion to keep nine (9) polling places open until 9 p.m.
This ruling comes after the Navajo Nation filed a complaint in the Superior Court of the State of Arizona against Apache County, seeking an emergency extension of polling hours by two hours due to technical difficulties impacting voting on the Navajo Reservation.
The judge ordered polling places at Lukachukai, Lupton, Rock Point, Cottonwood, St. Michaels, Wheatfields, Dennehotso, Fort Defiance and Chinle to accept Navajo voters for an additional two hours.
“The court will order that those polling locations remain open for an additional two hours but only those polling locations because those were the polling locations that the court received evidence specifically supported by documentation,” Judge Latham ruled.
He said his decision was based on the lack of preprinted ballots as well as a lack of necessary machines to allow people to vote.
He said the county must designate individuals who come into line after 7:00 p.m. to vote have those ballots treated as provisional ballots and be sequestered either in an envelope or box. He said that is necessary so a poll worker at that polling locations can verify under oath that those are votes that came in after the legal timeline.
Projection:
Democrat Ruben Gallego is the Projected Winner in the Arizona Senate Election. He will defeat Republican Kari Lake.
Democratic Gain
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Rural counties report first because they have fewer votes to count -- tends to result in Republicans coming out to early leads.
Democratic count tends to come in later in the evening.
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