Provisions Applicable to All Secretarial Elections

  1. Law
  2. CFR 25
  3. Indians
  4. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior
  5. Tribal Government
  6. Secretarial Election Procedures
  7. Provisions Applicable to All Secretarial Elections

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Section
81.5

What informal review is available to a tribe or petitioner when anticipating adopting or amending a governing document?

Section
81.6

How is a Secretarial election requested?

Section
81.7

What technical assistance will the Bureau provide after receiving a request for election?

Section
81.8

What happens if a governing Federal statute and this part disagree?

Section
81.9

Will the Secretary give deference to the Tribe's interpretation of its own documents?

Section
81.10

Who may cast a vote in a Secretarial election?

Section
81.11

May a tribe establish a voting age different from 18 years of age for Secretarial elections?

Section
81.12

What type of electioneering is allowed before and during Secretarial election?

Section
81.13

What types of voting assistance are provided for a Secretarial election?

Section
81.14

May Secretarial elections be scheduled at the same time as tribal elections?

Section
81.15

How are conflicting proposals to amend a single document handled?

Section
81.16

Who pays for holding the Secretarial election?

Section
81.17

May a tribe use its funds to pay non-Federal election officials?

Section
81.18

Who can withdraw a request for a Secretarial election?