FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) – Five men want to be the next president of the Navajo Nation, but only two have paid a required $1,500 filing fee.

Donald Benally, current vice president of the Nation's Shiprock chapter, filled out his paperwork and paid the fee Tuesday in the Window Rock, Ariz. capitol of the Nation.

Rex Lee Jim, a council delegate from the Rock Point, Ariz. chapter, also has paid his fee.

Three others have picked up their paperwork but haven't paid the fee, which is due May 4. They are: Anthony Begay of Mariano Lake, N.M.; Ben Shelly, the tribe's vice president; and Ivan Gamble, of LeChee, Ariz.

The Nation's next president will take the helm from Joe Shirley Jr. and stands to inherit a 55 percent rate of unemployment in the tribe, one of the highest rates ever for the Nation.

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Information from: the Farmington Daily Times,
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