Deswood v. Navajo Board of Election Supervisors

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On August 26, 1978, the Appellant was notified by the Navajo Board of Election Supervisors that the Board was considering disqualifying him from running for the Navajo Tribal Council. The reason the Board gave was that they had received information that the Appellant was not thirty years of age.

Mr. Deswood requested a hearing on September 1, 1978 and that hearing was held on September 19, 1978. An opinion, dated the same day as the hearing, was issued bearing only the signature of Raymond Lancer and without noting the votes of the other members of the Board. The opinion issued claimed…