Navajo Democrat Willie Grayeyes is set to be sworn in as a San Juan County commissioner on Monday after winning election by 159 votes.
But his Republican opponent, Kelly Laws, is asking the courts to annul Grayeyes' election and declare the commission seat vacant, reviving allegations that Grayeyes does not live in San Juan County.
“Mr. Grayeyes is a resident of the State of Arizona, not of the State of Utah,” reads a lawsuit filed last week in Utah’s 7th District Court, “thus he is ineligible to run for, or serve, as a San Juan County Commissioner.