Diné say 24
Voters approve Council reduction, line-item veto

Fred Brown races around the basketball court at Window Rock Sports Center to post voter returns on Tuesday. — © 2009 Gallup Independent / Adron Gardner

Copyright © 2009
Gallup Independent
By Karen Francis and Kathy Helms
Diné Bureau

“The people have spoken, like my drill instructor used to say, loud and clear,” said Morris Johnson at the Window Rock Sports Center Tuesday night.

Nearly 61 percent of Navajo voters casting ballots in the special election Tuesday said “yes” to reducing the Navajo Nation Council from 88 delegates to 24 and more than 59 percent voted “yes” to allow the president to exercise line item veto authority.

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