[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
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[CITE: 25CFR90.32]

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                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 90_ELECTION OF OFFICERS OF THE OSAGE TRIBE--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  90.32  Election Board.

    The Principal Chief, or in his absence, the Assistant Principal 
Chief shall, not more than seventy-five days nor less than sixty-five 
days preceding the day appointed by law for the holding of an election 
of officers of the Osage Tribe, issue in the form and manner prescribed 
in Sec.  90.37, an election notice and appoint an election board 
consisting of a Supervisor who shall be chairman, Assistant Supervisor, 
five judges, one of whom in addition to his regular duties shall act as 
interpreter, and five clerks, whose duties shall be to conduct the 
election as provided in the regulations in this part:
    Provided further, That the Superintendent on the recommendation of 
the election board may designate extra clerical assistants. Prior to the 
date of the election, the election board shall assemble and make 
necessary arrangements for the election in a building to be designated 
by the Superintendent of the Osage Agency as the polling site and make 
the necessary preparation for receiving prospective voters, for 
receiving absentee ballots, and see to it that voting booths are 
arranged to afford privacy. Members of the election board and any extra 
clerical assistants designated by the Superintendent under authority 
contained in this section, other than employees of the Osage Agency when 
duly appointed or designated as provided for in this part may be 
compensated for conducting each quadrennial election at rates to be 
fixed by the Osage Tribal Council. If a member of the election board 
desires to be relieved from duty for any cause, he shall notify the 
Principal Chief or in his absence the Assistant Principal Chief, in 
writing to that effect and the Principal Chief, or in his absence the 
Assistant Principal Chief shall designate someone else to serve as a 
member of the election board. The Supervisor, or in his absence the 
Assistant Supervisor, shall see that the rules prescribed for conducting 
the election are faithfully carried out. The ballots shall be handed out 
by a judge to the voters as they present themselves to vote, after being 
identified by a clerk who shall be supplied with a copy of the list of 
voters prepared pursuant to Sec.  90.35. The judge before handing out a 
ballot shall remove the detachable portion. A judge shall receive the 
ballot after the voter has indicated his choice thereon by placing an 
``X'' mark opposite the name of each candidate for whom he desires his 
vote counted and shall deposit same in the ballot box. The duties of the 
remaining judges in conjunction with the Supervisor will be to read the 
names on the ballot when requested so as to identify the candidates or 
furnish such other information as may be desired in that connection and 
also to assist prospective voters unable because of language 
difficulties or physical incapacity to cast votes for candidates of 
their choice, and to undertake such other duties as may be assigned by 
the Supervisor.

[27 FR 2458, Mar. 15, 1962. Redesignated at 47 FR 13327, Mar. 30, 1982]