Council weighs five reapportionment plans ahead of 2026 Navajo election
By Donovan Quintero
Special to the Times
WINDOW ROCK – As the Navajo Nation prepares for the next decade of elections, tribal leaders are weighing a reapportionment decision that could quietly but significantly reshape how delegates represent vast stretches of Diné Bikéyah.
Legislation sponsored by Arbin Mitchell, a first-term Council delegate and former member of the Navajo Board of Election Supervisors, would formally adopt a new Navajo Nation Council reapportionment plan to take effect beginning with the 2026 general election. The measure, now before the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee, places five different map illustrations before lawmakers, all of which remain eligible for consideration, even as election officials have identified three preferred options.
Interim Navajo Election Administration Executive Director Veronica Curley said the Navajo Board of Election Supervisors has recommended Plans 5, 3 and 4, in that order of preference, after months of public hearings, internal review and a December work session with the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee.
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