elections
PURPOSE
Establish the process by which public officials are selected from a field of candidates.
EXAMPLES
Ely Shoshone Tribe (1990)
Section 1. The first election under this constitution shall be called and supervised by the present tribal council on the fourth Saturday of January after the date of approval of this constitution.
Section 2. The duly elected tribal council shall serve three (3) years, two (2) members being elected each year except that every third year one (1) shall be elected.
Section 3. For the first election under this constitution the council so organized shall elect from within its own number (1) a chairperson; 2) a vice chairperson; and (3) a secretary/treasurer.
(a) The two candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall hold office for three (3) years; the next two highest, two (2) years; and the next highest, one (1) year; and they shall hold office until their successors are duly elected and seated into office. After the first election, elections for the tribal council shall be called annually at least sixty (60) days prior to expiration of terms of office of respective outgoing tribal council members.
Section 4. Any enrolled member of the tribe who is at least eighteen (18) years of age shall be entitled to vote.
Section 5. Any qualified tribal member, who is at least twenty-one (21) years of age, may announce his/her candidacy for the council by notifying the secretary-treasurer in writing of his/her candidacy. The list of certified candidates shall be posted by the secretary-treasurer the tribal council at least ten (10) days before the election.
Section 6. The council shall appoint an election board of at least three (3) members who shall determine regulations governing elections; supervise the elections; and shall certify the ejections to the council within five (5) days after election returns have been counted. Section 7. The Ely Shoshone Tribal Council shall be the sole judge of the qualifications of its members.
Section 8. All elections shall be by secret ballot.
Klamath Tribes (2000)
ARTICLE XI - SUPERVISOR OVER ELECTIONS. Section I: The elections for Tribal Council shall be conducted under the direction of a Board of Elections, consisting of fifteen (15) Tribal Members plus five (5) alternates. The Board shall be elected at the February General Council meeting when nominations for Tribal Council are made. It shall be the duty of the Election Board to oversee the election process per the election ordinance. Ballots will be mailed out to eligible Members of the Klamath Tribes, twenty (20) working days after nominations using current enrollment address listing and will include if available at mailout time a 1 page candidate information sheet at the candidates expense. Ballots will need to be returned and received, at a location to be determined by the Elections Board, by 5p.m. within sixty (60) days after General Council Nominations. All ballots received by the deadline will be stored in a locked secure location until they are tabulated on the sixty-first (61st) day after nominations. Section II: It shall be the duty of the Election Board to preserve carefully all ballots until the respective terms of office have expired. Section III: Each candidate receiving the largest number of votes cast for each respective position shall be deemed to be elected, provided that when any claims of irregularity is made to the Elections Board. The Board shall report its findings to the General Council for appropriate action or decision. Section IV: No claim of irregularity shall be considered unless made within ten days following the election. Section V: Standing rules for elections, shall be attached to this Constitution.