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Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
To request a Secretarial election:
(a) The tribe or petitioner must submit:
(1) A duly adopted tribal resolution, tribal ordinance, other appropriate tribal document requesting the Secretary to call a Secretarial election, or, in the absence of an existing governing document or if authorized or required by the existing governing documents, a petition that has been verified by the Bureau as having the minimum number of required signatures of tribal members; and
(2) The exact document or amended language to be voted on; and
(b) The tribe must submit a list in an electronically sortable format with names, last known addresses, dates of birth, and voting district, if any, of all tribal members who:
(1) Will be 18 years of age or older within 120 days of the date of the request; and
(2) Meet any other voting restrictions imposed by the tribe's governing document for voting in the Secretarial election.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Code of Federal Regulations Title 25. Indians § 25.81.6 How is a Secretarial election requested? - last updated January 02, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/cfr/title-25-indians/cfr-sect-25-81-6/
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