The Constitution of the Klamath Tribes
Article XI - Supervisor Over Elections
Section I: The elections for Tribal Council shall be conducted under the direction of a Board of Elections, consisting of fifteen(15) Tribal Members plus five(5) alternates The Board shall be elected at the February General Council meeting when nominations for Tribal Council are made. It shall be the duty of the Election Board to oversee the election process per the election ordinance.
Ballots will be mailed out to eligible Members of the Klamath Tribes, twenty (20) working days after nominations using current enrollment address listing and will include if available at mail out time a 1 page candidate information sheet at the candidates expense. Ballots will need to be returned and received, at a location to be determined by the Elections Board, by 5p.m. within sixty (60) days after General Council Nominations. All ballots received by the deadline will be stored in a locked secure location until they are tabulated on the sixty-first (6 1st) day after nominations.

Section II: It shall be the duty of the Election Board to preserve carefully all ballots until the respective terms of office have expired.

Section III: Each candidate receiving the largest number of votes cast for each respective position shall be deemed to be elected, provided that when any claims of irregularity is made to the Elections Board. The Board shall report its findings to the General Council for appropriate action or decision.

Section IV: No claim of irregularity shall be considered unless made within ten days following the election.

Section V: Standing rules for elections, shall be attached to this Constitution.

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