The reason the Navajo Nation sued San Juan County to redraw voting districts is because lines were unconstitutionally drawn by San Juan County officials to discriminate against Native Americans’ right to a fair election.
Our County is 53 percent Native American, there are three County Commission seats, yet the commissioners have created one Native American district and two predominantly white districts by drawing boundaries along racial lines. Unsurprisingly, Native Americans have never held two County Commission seats despite being the majority population.
The real surprising thing is not that we lose these elections, but rather that the white people who wield control continue to insist (even this past week) that we should not enjoy the same government services as other Americans enjoy.