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The Navajo Board of Election Supervisors (NBOES) Meeting

The Navajo Board of Election Supervisors (NBOES) Meeting

The Navajo Board of Election Supervisors regular meeting at 9:00 a.m., Thursday, November 7, 2024, at the Navajo Election Administration, Quality Inn-Business Complex (Suite 107), Window Rock, AZ.  Information: (928) 871-7270.

IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

The Navajo Voter Registration Re-opened on August 9, 2024, at 5:00 p.m.

You will need the following document(s):

1.  Original Certificate of Indian Blood (CIB)

2.  Driver's License or State Identification; and

3.  Social Security Card

SERVICES

 

Navajo Nation Voter Registration

Navajo Nation Voter Registrars are available at most chapter houses. Voter registration is also available to Navajos living off the reservation. Some Indian Centers throughout the United States provide voter registration for the Navajo Nation. Any qualified Navajo living off of the Navajo Nation can request a voter registration form. Only the Election Administration can mail a voter registration form to the individual requesting the form.

 

Arizona, Utah or New Mexico Voter Registration

Navajo Election Administration provides voter registration for the Navajo Nation Elections as well as the states of New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. The Navajo Election Administration provides voter registration for the Navajo Nation elections. The state registration forms Arizona, Utah or New Mexico can be picked up from our office, completed and mailed in to the County or State offices.

 

Navajo Nation Elections

The Navajo Nation Election Administration is responsible for all elections conducted within the Navajo Nation. The Navajo Nation Presidential Election is conducted every four years for the President, Vice-President of the Navajo Nation, the Navajo Nation Council and the Election Board.

The Navajo Nation Chapter Election is conducted every four years for the positions of the Chapter Officers (President, Vice-President and Secretary/Treasurer), Grazing Committee members, Land Board members, School Board members, Farm Board, Election Board and Kayenta Township Commission.

The Navajo Election Administration is also responsible for conducting Special Elections. Special elections are held to fill existing vacancies. Referendum Elections are conducted to afford the Navajo People to initiate changes to the Navajo Nation Government. There are several ways to put referendum on the election ballot.

Other elections, the Navajo Election Administration assists with other elections such the election of the Speaker of the Navajo Nation Council, student council elections at area schools. These other elections are provided as public service and voter education.

 

Navajo Nation Poll Officials

Poll officials are recommended by their chapter through a duly called chapter meeting. A chapter's recommendation for appointment of poll officials must be in the office of the Navajo Election Administration thirty (30) days before an election. If there are no poll officials recommended by the chapter, the Navajo Election Administration may assign poll officials for the affected polling site.

 

Poll Officials must meet the following qualifications:

  • Shall be able to read and write in English and converse fluently in the Navajo Language.
  • Shall attend one poll official training. *Only Chief Poll Judges are required to attend two (2) training sessions per election.
  • Shall not be a candidate for an elective office of the Navajo Nation.
  • Shall not openly support any candidate or issue in a referendum election
  • Shall not serve if a relative such as a spouse, parent, child, brother, sister, or grandparent is a candidate on the ballot shall serve as a poll official within that precinct or chapter.
  • Shall be a registered voter of the Navajo Nation.

 

Qualification listing


Qualification for Chapter Officials

Qualification of Land Board Candidates

Qualifications for District Grazing Committee Candidates

Elections for School Board Candidates

Qualifications for Farm Board Candidates

Qualifications for Board of Election Supervisors Candidates

Qualifications for Too'haltsoii Council of Naat'aanii

Qualifications for Kayenta Township Commissioner

Qualifications for To'Nanees'Dizi Council of Naat'aanii

Qualifications for Office of Commissioner Candidates

Qualifications for Cornfields Council Candidates

Qualifications for White Rock Council Candidates (White Rock Chapter)

Qualifications for Commission Government of Steamboat Chapter

Qualifications for Commission Government of Naschitti Chapter

OFFICE LOCATIONS


Navajo Nation Election Administration

Toll Free #: 1-800-775-8683
Email Address: navajoelections@navajo-nsn.gov


Mailing Address:
Navajo Election Administration
P.O. Box 3449
Window Rock, Az 86515


Office Location:
Navajo Nation Quality Inn Office Complex
Suite 212
Window Rock, AZ 86515

Fort Defiance Agency Election Office

Toll Free #: 1-866-800-4988


Mailing Address:
Navajo Election Administration
P.O. Box 3449
Window Rock, Az 86515


Office Location:
Navajo Nation Quality Inn Office Complex
Suite 204
Window Rock, AZ 86515

Eastern Navajo Agency Election Office

Toll Free #: 1-888-508-6870


Mailing Address:
Eastern Navajo Agency Election Office
P.O. Box 878
Crownpoint, New Mexico 87313


Office Location:
Former Navajo Nation Public Safety Building
Intersection of Highway 9 and Chaco Blvd.
Crownpoint, New Mexico 87313

Northern Agency Election Office

Toll Free #: 1-866-659-5842


Mailing Address:
Shiprock Agency Election Office
P.O. Box 4050
Shiprock, New Mexico 87420


Office Location
NN Building #2583
South of the East 7-2-11 Store
Shiprock, New Mexico 87420

Western Navajo Agency Election Office

Toll Free #: 1-888-508-4970


Mailing Address:
Western Navajo Agency Election Office
P.O. Box 1596
Tuba City, Arizona 86045


Office Location
Navajo Nation Building 2775
Southeast of the Community Center
4 Trailers east of the Industrial Laundry
Tuba City, Arizona 86045

Chinle Agency Election Office

Toll Free #: 1-866-387-9352


Mailing Address:
Chinle Agency Election Office
P.O. Box 649
Chinle, Arizona 86503


Office Location
Double wide trailer
located southwest of the
Chinle Chapter House
Chinle, Arizona 86504

Vacancies

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