Navajo Election Administration v. Shirley

OPINION

The Navajo Election Administration appeals a final decision of the Office of Hearings and Appeals that concluded initiative petitions filed by the Initiative Petition Committee were sufficient. We affirm the lower administrative agency’s determination of sufficiency.

I

A year ago this month, the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) filed a petition for certification of a question to this Court as to an initiative to reduce the Navajo Nation Council (Council) from 88 to 24 delegates. In re Two Initiative Petitions Filed by Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley, Jr., No. SC-CV-41-08, 7 Am.…