Voting Ruling Could End Whites' Political Domination of Navajos in Utah

A federal court judge in Utah has adopted new voting district boundaries in San Juan County which could reverse the historic political domination by whites over Navajos there.

U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby on Thursday evening issued a ruling that gives Navajos a significant majority of voters in two of three commission districts and three of five school board districts.

Shelby ordered the new boundaries be used in special elections for all commission and school board seats in November.