![Navajo Nation Speaker Crystalyne Curley and council delegates met with New York Congressman Joseph Morelle on Feb. 19 to talk about voting issues people on the Navajo Nation face. Photo Credit: Courtesy of the Navajo Nation Council](/images/resized/images/news/2016/new york congressman_100_100.png)
TSE BONITO, New Mexico — The 25th Navajo Nation Council met with U.S. Congressman Joseph Morelle, D-NY, to discuss concerns and recommendations regarding voting and elections issues to build the congressional record in support of the Native American Voting Rights Act on Feb. 19.
Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley (Tachee/Blue Gap, Many Farms, Nazlini, Tselani/Cottonwood, Low Mountain) provided testimony that focused on areas of geographic distance, language and institutional barriers, and socio-economic realities. Curley discussed how issues like public transportation, rural addressing, and out of precinct voting have impacted Navajo voters.
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