NAVAJO ELECTION ADMINISTRATION
2018 NAVAJO NATION ELECTION CALENDAR
May 17
CANDIDATE
FILING OPEN
NN President
NN Vice
President

May 30
Filing Deadline

NN Board of
Education
Election Board
Kayenta
Township
Commissioners

August 24

September 10

November 5

November 19

January 8, 2019

Last day to vote on

Primary Election

Chief Poll Judges

General Election

Oath of Office

chapters to submit

walk-in basis at NEA

results to be certified

meeting

results to be

recommenda-

offices

after this date

June 1

tions for poll

Begin recruiting

officials

poll officials from
chapters

Navajo Nation
Council

June 29
Last day for

July 30

August 27

October 8

GENERAL

Chief Poll Judges

Voter registration

ELECTION

meeting

close for the General

Absentee Ballot

Election

Return Deadline

Voter registration
close for Primary

certified after this
NOVEMBER 6

AUGUST 28
PRIMARY

October 8

November 7

ELECTION

Absentee ballot

Begin general

July 30

Absentee Ballot

becomes available

election grievance

Absentee ballot

Return Deadline

upon request

period of 10 days

Election

becomes available
August 29

October 22

November 7

Begin primary

Mailed absentee

Candidates to

August 13

election grievance

application must be

begin submitting

Mailed absentee

period of 10 days

physically in NEA

Campaign

upon request

offices

application must
be physically in

September 7

NEA offices

Grievance Deadline

Expense
Statements

October
Poll official training

November 16

August

September 7

throughout the

Grievance

Poll official training

Voter registration

Navajo Nation

Deadline

throughout the

reopens
November 2

November 16

September 7

Last day to vote on

Voter registration

Deadline for

walk-in basis at NEA

reopens

candidates to file

offices

Navajo Nation

their Campaign

November 16

Expense

Deadline for

Statements

candidates to file
their Campaign
Expense
Statements

Revised: 4 -21- 2017 (3)

date