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Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
The mailout or absentee ballot packet contains:
(a) A cover letter summarizing what the ballot packet contains and, if there is more than one ballot included in the packet, enumerating the ballots and advising voters to give consideration to each enumerated ballot;
(b) A mailout or absentee ballot (or, if several amendments are to be voted on, multiple ballots, each printed on a different colored sheet if possible);
(c) Instructions for voting by mailout or absentee ballot including the date the ballot must be received by the Secretarial Election Board;
(d) An inner envelope with the words “Mailout Ballot” or “Absentee Ballot” printed on the outside, as applicable;
(e) A copy of the proposed governing document or amendment, if the full text is not printed on the mailout ballot and if the entire document is to be amended or adopted; and
(f) A pre-addressed outer envelope with the following certification printed on the back:
I, (print name of voter), hereby certify I am a registered voter of the (name of Tribe); I will be 18 years of age or older on the day of the Secretarial election; I am entitled to vote in the Secretarial election to be held on (date of Secretarial election). I further certify that I marked the enclosed mailout ballot in secret.
Signed:
(voter's signature)______
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Code of Federal Regulations Title 25. Indians § 25.81.36 What will the mailout or absentee ballot packet include? - last updated January 02, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/cfr/title-25-indians/cfr-sect-25-81-36/
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