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Suspended Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley, right, gets instructions from Johnny R. Thompson as he signs in for early voting at the Navajo Election Administration office in Window Rock Tuesday. — © 2009 Gallup Independent / Cable Hoover

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Gallup Independent
By Karen Francis
Diné Bureau

WINDOW ROCK — Suspended Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley and a few dozen others cast early ballots Tuesday in the Dec. 15 special election.

Voter registration has closed for the special election, but early voting and requests for absentee ballots began on Nov. 16.

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