Navajo Nation applauds expected extension of San Juan voting rights deal

Agreement would require the Utah county to continue offering language assistance and early voting opportunities on the Navajo Nation into 2024.

(Zak Podmore | Tribune file photo) Geri Hernandez, a certified Navajo interpreter working for San Juan County, holds a bilingual "I voted" sticker at an early voting day at the Red Mesa Chapter House on the Navajo Nation in San Juan County on Oct. 8, 2020.

Navajo Nation applauds expected extension of San Juan voting rights deal

Agreement would require the Utah county to continue offering language assistance and early voting opportunities on the Navajo Nation into 2024.

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