Title 25, Part 81 — Secretarial Election Procedures
63 sections
Section 81.1
What is the purpose of this part?
Section 81.2
When does this part apply?
Section 81.3
Information collection.
Section 81.4
What terms do I need to know?
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?
Section 81.19
How does the Bureau proceed after receiving a request for a Secretarial election?
Section 81.20
What is the first action to be taken by the Chair of the Election Board?
Section 81.21
What are the responsibilities of the Secretarial Election Board in conducting a Secretarial election?
Section 81.22
How is the Secretarial election conducted?
Section 81.23
What documents are included in the Secretarial Election Notice Packet?
Section 81.24
What information must be included on the Secretarial election notice?
Section 81.25
Where will the Secretarial election notice be posted?
Section 81.26
How does BIA use the information I provide on the registration form?
Section 81.27
Must I re-register if I have already registered for a tribal or Secretarial election?
Section 81.28
How do I submit my registration form?
Section 81.29
Why does the Secretarial Election Board compile a Registered Voters List?
Section 81.30
What information is contained in the Registered Voters List?
Section 81.31
Where is the Registered Voters List posted?
Section 81.32
May the Registered Voters List be challenged?
Section 81.33
How does the Secretarial Election Board respond to challenges?
Section 81.34
How are the official ballots prepared?
Section 81.35
When must the Secretarial Election Board send ballots to voters?
Section 81.36
What will the mailout or absentee ballot packet include?
Section 81.37
How do I cast my vote at a polling site?
Section 81.38
When are ballots counted?
Section 81.39
How does the Board determine whether the required percentage of registered voters have cast ballots?
Section 81.40
What happens if a ballot is spoiled before it is cast?
Section 81.41
Who certifies the results of the Election?
Section 81.42
Where are the results of the Election posted?
Section 81.43
How are the results of the Election challenged?
Section 81.44
What documents are sent to the Authorizing Official?
Section 81.45
When are the results of the Secretarial election final?
Section 81.46
How does the Bureau proceed upon receiving a request for an OIWA Election if no provisions are contrary to applicable law?
Section 81.47
How is the OIWA Secretarial election conducted?
Section 81.48
When are the results of the OIWA Election final?
Section 81.49
What is the purpose of this subpart?
Section 81.50
Who must follow these requirements?
Section 81.51
How do tribal members circulate a petition to adopt or amend the tribe's governing document?
Section 81.52
Who may initiate a petition?
Section 81.53
Who may sign a petition?
Section 81.54
Who is authorized to submit a petition to the Secretary?
Section 81.55
How is the petition formatted and signed?
Section 81.56
Do petitions have a minimum or maximum number of pages?
Section 81.57
How do I determine how many signatures are needed for a petition to be valid?
Section 81.58
How long do tribal members have to gather the signatures?
Section 81.59
How does the spokesperson file a petition?
Section 81.60
How does the Local Bureau Official process the petition?
Section 81.61
How can signatures to the petition be challenged?
Section 81.62
How is the petition validated?
Section 81.63
May the same petition be used for more than one Secretarial election?