[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 25, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 25CFR81.8]



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                            TITLE 25--INDIANS

 

     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

 

PART 81_TRIBAL REORGANIZATION UNDER A FEDERAL STATUTE--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  81.8  Election board.



    (a) There shall be an election board consisting of the officer in 

charge acting as chairman and at least two representatives of the tribal 

governing body or an authorized representative committee. Where such 

persons may be unwilling or unable to serve, the chairman shall select 

at least two adult members of the tribe to serve. In addition, the 

officer in charge may appoint an interpreter and as many clerks and poll 

watchers as he/she deems necessary, but they shall not be members of the 

board.

    (b) It shall be the duty of the board to conduct elections in 

compliance with the procedures described in this part and in particular:

    (1) To see that the name of each person offering to vote is on the 

official list of registered voters;

    (2) To keep the ballot boxes locked at all times except when ballots 

are being counted;

    (3) To see that ballots are cast only by registered voters and that 

the voting list is checked to indicate this;

    (4) To begin to count the regularly cast ballots immediately after 

the close of the polls and then the absentee ballots, pursuant to Sec.  

81.21;

    (5) To post and certify the election returns;

    (6) To return the following to the officer in charge:

    (i) The ballots (in marked and locked boxes);

    (ii) All unused ballots; and

    (iii) The completed Certificate of Results of Election. The officer 

in charge shall retain the ballots and other material among official 

records for at least one year. At the end of one year, the officer in 

charge shall forward the contents of the boxes and other related 

material to the appropriate Federal Records Center.