PHOENIX — President Trump’s reelection committee is fighting an attempt by Navajo Nation members to force Arizona to count mail-in ballots from reservation voters postmarked by but delivered after Election Day.
Legal papers filed by Trump’s committee and other Republican interests contend that counting such votes “would unquestionably affect the share of votes that candidates in the state of Arizona receive.”
The Trump committee’s legal move drew derision from O.J. Seamans, co-director of Four Directions, a Native American organization that helped craft the lawsuit filed by Navajo members.
“I don’t feel that the objections they’re making really make any sense,” Seamans said. “Basically what they’re stating is that individuals are going to vote a certain way so we shouldn’t allow them equality. That’s not what democracy is about.”
“Regardless of how they try to paint the picture, that’s what this is about: equality,” Seamans said.
Source: Arizona Daily Star; 9/3/20
