25 CFR § 81.10 - Who may cast a vote in a Secretarial election?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s81.10"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 81.10 - Who may cast a vote in a Secretarial election?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "81.10"
section_name: "Who may cast a vote in a Secretarial election?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "TRIBAL GOVERNMENT"
part_number: "81"
part_name: "SECRETARIAL ELECTION PROCEDURES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: ": 25 U.S.C. 473a, 476, 477, as amended, and 503."
regulatory_source: "80 FR 63106, Oct. 19, 2015, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "81"
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# 81.10 Who may cast a vote in a Secretarial election?
| If the tribe: | Then the following individuals may cast a vote: |
| --- | --- |
| (a) Is reorganizing under Federal statute for the first time, | Any member of the tribe who:(1) Will be 18 years of age or older on the date of the Secretarial election; and(2) Has duly registered, regardless of residence or other qualifications contained in the tribe's governing documents or charter |
| (b) Is already reorganized under Federal statute, | Any member of the tribe who:(1) Will be 18 years of age or older on the date of the Secretarial election; and(2) Otherwise meets the qualifications required by the tribe's governing documents or charter for that particular type of Secretarial election; and(3) Has duly registered. |
| (c) Is not reorganized under a Federal statute but tribal law requires a Secretarial election | Any member of the tribe who:(1) Will be 18 years of age or older on the date of the Secretarial election; and(2) Otherwise meets the qualifications, if any, required by the tribe's governing documents or charter for that particular type of Secretarial election, if any; and(3) Has duly registered. |