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May 31, 2002
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Red Lake run-off election to be held
Wednesday, July 17th
Resolution No. 109-02
Notice of Run-Off Election
Wednesday, July 17, 2002
To elect one
officer
at large and five district representatives, one from Red Lake, Redby
and Little
Rock Districts for a term of four years and two from the Red Lake and
Little
Rock Districts for a term of two years, or until a successor is duly
elected,
to the Red Lake Tribal Council, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians.
To: Members of the
Red
Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
Notice is hereby given of an election to be held by secret
ballot on Wednesday, July 17, 2002, to elect a Chairman and five
District
Representatives, one each from the Red lake, Redby and Little Rock
Districts to
a four year term, and one each from the Little Rock and Red Lake
Districts to a
two year term, to serve on the Tribal Council of the Red Lake Band of
Chippewa
Indians. This announcement is made in
accordance with Article V of the Revised Constitution and By-Laws of
the Red
Lake Band and Chapter 1800 of the Tribal Code as revised in Resolution
No.
23-2002 of February 12, 2002.
Any enrolled member of the Red Lake Band eighteen (18) years
of age or over on election day shall be entitled to vote in this
election.
Election rules and regulations contained within the Election
Ordinance call for a filing period, filing fee, certification of
eligibility,
etc., and therefore, write-in candidates shall be ineligible and each
District
Election Board and the General Election Board are hereby instructed not
to
consider, list or count votes for write-in candidates.
The only eligible candidates in each contest
are those two individuals receiving one of the highest two vote tallies
in
their respective contests in the May 15, 2002 election.
Those candidates are:
Chairman
Gerald F. “Butch” Brun
Bobby Whitefeather
Redby
Representative
Julius “Toady” Thunder
Preston Graves
Little Rock 4 year
term
Harlan Beaulieu
William “Billy” Greene
Little
Rock 2 year
term
Richard Barrett, Sr.
Charley Norris
Red Lake 4 year term
Roman “Ducker” Stately, Jr.
Donald Desjarlait
Red Lake 2 year term
Rosie “Bee” Barrett
Jim White
Polls will be open between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. at the
following Reservation district voting places:
Ponemah Community
Center
Redby
Community Center
Red Lake Community
Center
Little Rock Community Center
The Secretary of the Tribal Council will send a form to be
used in requesting a ballot to each non-resident member whose address
is known
with this election announcement. Such
forms will require that applicants for ballots sign the form, and give
their
former district residence on the reservation. The
husband, in the instance of absentee member
balloting (head of
family) if living with his wife, shall be the one determining the
district in
which both he and his wife shall vote for a district representative.
A member applicant may use his own form or request letter
providing he or she supplies the necessary information for identity. One ballot showing the candidates for Tribal
Officers and one ballot showing the candidates for District
Representatives
will be sent to each qualifying member requesting an absentee ballot. Also, one ballot on any referenda will be
sent to each qualifying member. Non-resident
members of the Band may request
absentee ballots from the Chairperson,
Absentee Ballot Committee, P.O. Box 544, Red Lake, MN 56671. All non-resident ballots will be certified
mailed, to be delivered to the addressee only.
Members on the resident voter list who for any reason have
requested and effected change from resident voter list or who have for
any
reason requested and effected change from resident to absentee voter
list with
the Secretary of the Tribal Council who personally appear at the office
of the
Absentee Ballot Committee, may vote by signing for and casting their
ballots
then and there, downstairs at the Red Lake Agency Building,
Monday-Friday, 9:00
a.m. – 5:00 p.m. In addition, the
Absentee Ballot Committee shall make itself available, on the weekend
days of
Saturday and Sunday from 1 p.m. until 4:00 p.m., to receive in person
absentee
ballots during the last four weekends prior to the election. Their phone number is (218) 679-3341, Ext.
1210.
Absentee ballots must be returned in person or mailed and
received by the Chairperson, Absentee Ballot Committee, P.O. Box 544,
Red Lake,
MN 56671, on or before 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 17, 2002, the
election day.
The Absentee Ballot Committee shall make itself available in
Minneapolis, Minnesota for the purpose of accepting absentee ballots
from
non-resident voters who are unable to mail or submit, in person, their
absentee
ballots. Members of the Absentee Ballot
Committee will be available from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. n Monday, July
15,
2002, at the following location:
Minneapolis
American Indian Center
1530 East
Franklin
Avenue
Minneapolis,
Minnesota
No electioneering will be allowed at the polling sites.
Violators will be removed from the premises.
No individual, other than an Election Board Member who is
specifically requested to do so, may assist or accompany voters to the
voting
booth, table, etc.
Any member of the Red Lake Band voting in the election may
contest the results of the election within five (5) days following the
posting
of the election results. A member
contesting the results of the election shall prepare a written
statement
showing reasons for contests, and file such statement with the
Chairperson of
the General Election Board. The full
General Election Board shall meet, consider and rule on the written
request of
the contesting member within a reasonable period of up to ten (10) days
and may
conduct a recount of ballots should it be deemed justifiable. No person other than the General Election
Board shall be present at the meeting(s) of the General Election Board.
Decisions of the General Election Board made in accordance
with the Election Code shall be final.
For
:
6
Against :
0
Bobby Whitefeather, Chairman
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
I, the undersigned Secretary of the Tribal Council, hereby
certify that the above Notice of Run-Off Election was duly presented
and
approved at a duly held Special Tribal Council Meeting held on Tuesday,
May 28,
2002, with a quorum present, at the Red Lake Nation Headquarters, Red
Lake.
Judy Roy, Secretary
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians |
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