Part 81 — Secretarial Election Procedures
Current through Jun 5, 2025
Authority: : 25 U.S.C. 473a, 476, 477, as amended, and 503.
Source: 80 FR 63106, Oct. 19, 2015, unless otherwise noted.
Sections
- § 81.1 What is the purpose of this part?
- § 81.2 When does this part apply?
- § 81.3 Information collection.
- § 81.4 What terms do I need to know?
- § 81.5 What informal review is available to a tribe or petitioner when anticipating adopting or amending a governing document?
- § 81.6 How is a Secretarial election requested?
- § 81.7 What technical assistance will the Bureau provide after receiving a request for election?
- § 81.8 What happens if a governing Federal statute and this part disagree?
- § 81.9 Will the Secretary give deference to the Tribe's interpretation of its own documents?
- § 81.10 Who may cast a vote in a Secretarial election?
- § 81.11 May a tribe establish a voting age different from 18 years of age for Secretarial elections?
- § 81.12 What type of electioneering is allowed before and during Secretarial election?
- § 81.13 What types of voting assistance are provided for a Secretarial election?
- § 81.14 May Secretarial elections be scheduled at the same time as tribal elections?
- § 81.15 How are conflicting proposals to amend a single document handled?
- § 81.16 Who pays for holding the Secretarial election?
- § 81.17 May a tribe use its funds to pay non-Federal election officials?
- § 81.18 Who can withdraw a request for a Secretarial election?
- § 81.19 How does the Bureau proceed after receiving a request for a Secretarial election?
- § 81.20 What is the first action to be taken by the Chair of the Election Board?
- § 81.21 What are the responsibilities of the Secretarial Election Board in conducting a Secretarial election?
- § 81.22 How is the Secretarial election conducted?
- § 81.23 What documents are included in the Secretarial Election Notice Packet?
- § 81.24 What information must be included on the Secretarial election notice?
- § 81.25 Where will the Secretarial election notice be posted?
- § 81.26 How does BIA use the information I provide on the registration form?
- § 81.27 Must I re-register if I have already registered for a tribal or Secretarial election?
- § 81.28 How do I submit my registration form?
- § 81.29 Why does the Secretarial Election Board compile a Registered Voters List?
- § 81.30 What information is contained in the Registered Voters List?
- § 81.31 Where is the Registered Voters List posted?
- § 81.32 May the Registered Voters List be challenged?
- § 81.33 How does the Secretarial Election Board respond to challenges?
- § 81.34 How are the official ballots prepared?
- § 81.35 When must the Secretarial Election Board send ballots to voters?
- § 81.36 What will the mailout or absentee ballot packet include?
- § 81.37 How do I cast my vote at a polling site?
- § 81.38 When are ballots counted?
- § 81.39 How does the Board determine whether the required percentage of registered voters have cast ballots?
- § 81.40 What happens if a ballot is spoiled before it is cast?
- § 81.41 Who certifies the results of the Election?
- § 81.42 Where are the results of the Election posted?
- § 81.43 How are the results of the Election challenged?
- § 81.44 What documents are sent to the Authorizing Official?
- § 81.45 When are the results of the Secretarial election final?
- § 81.46 How does the Bureau proceed upon receiving a request for an OIWA Election if no provisions are contrary to applicable law?
- § 81.47 How is the OIWA Secretarial election conducted?
- § 81.48 When are the results of the OIWA Election final?
- § 81.49 What is the purpose of this subpart?
- § 81.50 Who must follow these requirements?
- § 81.51 How do tribal members circulate a petition to adopt or amend the tribe's governing document?
- § 81.52 Who may initiate a petition?
- § 81.53 Who may sign a petition?
- § 81.54 Who is authorized to submit a petition to the Secretary?
- § 81.55 How is the petition formatted and signed?
- § 81.56 Do petitions have a minimum or maximum number of pages?
- § 81.57 How do I determine how many signatures are needed for a petition to be valid?
- § 81.58 How long do tribal members have to gather the signatures?
- § 81.59 How does the spokesperson file a petition?
- § 81.60 How does the Local Bureau Official process the petition?
- § 81.61 How can signatures to the petition be challenged?
- § 81.62 How is the petition validated?
- § 81.63 May the same petition be used for more than one Secretarial election?