Monticello • A ballot initiative in San Juan County that many saw as an attempt to undermine the county’s first majority-Navajo Commission has failed according to an updated vote count released Friday by the County Clerk’s Office (with an official canvass yet to come).
The question, which would have created a study committee to consider and possibly recommend a change to the county’s form of government, fell short 51.9% to 48.1% — with 2,120 “no” votes and 1,967 “yes” votes.
If the proposition had passed, it would have started a process that could have expanded the size of the County Commission, which, like the majority if counties in Utah, is currently a three-member body.