(AP) — The top court on the largest American Indian reservation ordered tribal election officials to postpone the Navajo Nation's presidential election and immediately reprint ballots without the name of a candidate who was disqualified in a language fluency case. The Navajo Supreme Court's decision was the result of a petition to enforce a disqualification order against Chris Deschene, whose campaign was overshadowed by a debate about the role the Navajo language plays in the tribe's culture and tradition. A lower court had blocked Deschene from seeking the tribe's top elected post after he refused to show whether he could speak Navajo fluently, a requirement for presidential candidates under tribal law. Election officials met Thursday to determine the next steps and asked attorneys for clarification on the Supreme Court order, including whether the entire general election that includes a vote for Tribal Council delegates should be postponed or just the presidential election. An attorney representing a group of Navajos who support Deschene sent a letter to the board Thursday threatening a lawsuit if the Nov.
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By FELICIA FONSECA, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle
Fri, 10/24/2014 - 12:31am
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