Former Prez candidate Myron McLaughlin files motion to disqualify Russell Begaye

Posted by Donovan Quintero | Oct 31, 2014 | Election 2014 |

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Russell Begaye at a 2014 Navajo Nation presidential candidates’ forum. (Times file photo – Donovan Quintero.)

Not long after the Navajo Supreme Court’s settling of the Navajo Board of Elections’ contempt, and ordering the Navajo Election Administration to take Chris Deschene’s name off the ballot, former Navajo presidential candidate Myron McLaughlin filed a 162-page motion to have Russell Begaye disqualified, with the Office of Hearings and Appeals.

Begaye is the next candidate who would take Deschene’s place with the third highest votes.

McLaughlin filed the motion on Friday and includes financial irregularities of Navajo Oil & Gas.

Earlier today, the Navajo Supreme Court held a hearing and found the Navajo Nation Board of Election Supervisors in contempt of court for failing to remove Deschene’s name from the presidential ballot and failing to postpone the election as the court had previously ordered.

With the exception of voting for a Navajo president and vice-president, general elections are on schedule for Tuesday, Nov. 4, Navajo Nation-wide.

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