25 CFR § 81.11 - May a tribe establish a voting age different from 18 years of age for Secretarial elections?

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title: "25 CFR § 81.11 - May a tribe establish a voting age different from 18 years of age for Secretarial elections?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "81.11"
section_name: "May a tribe establish a voting age different from 18 years of age for Secretarial elections?"
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"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: ": 25 U.S.C. 473a, 476, 477, as amended, and 503."
regulatory_source: "80 FR 63106, Oct. 19, 2015, unless otherwise noted."
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# 81.11 May a tribe establish a voting age different from 18 years of age for Secretarial elections?

No. A Secretarial election is a Federal election. According to the 26th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, adopted July 1, 1971, all individuals 18 years of age and older must be allowed to vote in Federal elections.