Early voting underway as Navajo Nation primary nears

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With voter registration closed, the Navajo Nation’s 2026 primary election is set for Tuesday, July 21, and election officials are encouraging the Nation’s more than 145,000 registered voters to cast ballots early rather than wait for Election Day.

Tonia D. Burbank, a voter registration specialist with the Navajo Nation Election Administration, said early walk-in voting and absentee voting are underway in all five agencies. Voter registration closed June 11 and will reopen July 31 at 5 p.m., according to the Election Administration.

The last day to submit an absentee ballot application is July 6 at 5 p.m. The last day for early walk-in voting is July 17 at 5 p.m. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on July 21.

To read the full article, please see the July 2, 2026, edition of the Navajo Times.

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Donovan Quintero

"Dii, Diné bi Naaltsoos wolyéhíígíí, ninaaltsoos át'é. Nihi cheii dóó nihi másání ádaaní: Nihi Diné Bizaad bił ninhi't'eelyá áádóó t'áá háadida nihizaad nihił ch'aawóle'lágo. Nihi bee haz'áanii at'é, nihisin at'é, nihi hózhǫ́ǫ́jí at'é, nihi 'ach'ą́ą́h naagééh at'é. Dilkǫǫho saad bee yájíłti', k'ídahoneezláo saad bee yájíłti', ą́ą́ chánahgo saad bee yájíłti', diits'a'go saad bee yájíłti', nabik'íyájíłti' baa yájíłti', bich'į' yájíłti', hach'į' yándaałti', diné k'ehgo bik'izhdiitįįh. This is the belief I do my best to follow when I am writing Diné-related stories and photographing our events, games and news. Ahxéhee', shik'éí dóó shidine'é." - Donovan Quintero, an award-winning Diné journalist, served as a photographer, reporter and as assistant editor of the Navajo Times until March 17, 2023.

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