Council of the Cherokee Nation - File #: 22-028

• File #: 22-028
• Version: 4
• Name: CN ELECTION CODE
• Type: Legislative Act
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/16/2022
• In control: TRIBAL COUNCIL
• On agenda: 3/31/2022
• Final action: 5/23/2022
• Enactment date: 5/16/2022
• Enactment #: LA-14-22
• Title: AN ACT REVISING AND RESTATING TITLE 26 ("ELECTIONS") OF THE CHEROKEE NATION CODE ANNOTATED
• Indexes: Election, Election Law, Election Law Reform
• Code sections: Title 26 - Elections
• Related files: CNCA-26, 21-096, 20-056, 20-057, 20-058, 24-082, 24-052

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/23/2022	1	OFFICE OF THE CHIEF	Signed
5/16/2022	4	TRIBAL COUNCIL	Approved	Pass
4/28/2022	4	RULES COMMITTEE	Approved and Forwarded to Council	Pass
4/28/2022	4	RULES COMMITTEE	Special Action	Fail
3/31/2022	2	RULES COMMITTEE	Tabled	Pass

Title
AN ACT REVISING AND RESTATING TITLE 26 ("ELECTIONS") OF THE CHEROKEE NATION CODE ANNOTATED
Body
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:

Section 1. Title and Codification

This Act shall be known as the "Cherokee Nation Election Code" and shall be codified as Title 26 of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated.

Section 2. Findings

The Council of the Cherokee Nation finds that an emergency exists within the Cherokee Nation and that the existing Title 26 entitled "Elections" has numerous scrivener's errors and needs substantive changes to enhance the electoral process and protect the voting rights of Citizens of the Cherokee Nation.

Section 3. Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to revise and restate the existing Title 26 entitled "Elections" in its entirety to correct numerous scrivener's errors and to make substantive changes to enhance the electoral process and protect the voting rights of Citizens of the Cherokee Nation.

Section 4. Legislative History

Article VI, Section 7 of the Cherokee Nation Constitution states that the Council shall have the power to establish laws which it shall deem necessary and proper for the good of the Nation. The Council has previously legislated, adopted and revised Title 26 entitled "Elections" as follows:

L.A. 9-85 Eff. July 13, 1985
L.A. 35-89 Eff. Sept. 9 1989
L.A. 6-91 Eff. March 9, 1991
L.A. 2-87 Eff. Feb. 14, 1987
L.A. 12-90 Eff. Nov. 13, 1990
L.A. 5-87 Eff. Feb. 14, 1987
L.A. 8-87 Eff. Feb. 26, 1987
L.A. 11-87 Eff. March 14, 1987
L.A. 6-87 Eff. Feb. 14, 1987
L.A. 9-87 Eff. Feb. 26, 1987
L.A. 14-87 Eff. March 14, 1987
L.A. 7-87 Eff. Feb. 14, 1987
LA. 12-87 Eff. May 11, 1987
L.A. 23-87 Eff. June 11, 1987
L.A. 3-87 Eff. February 14, 1987
L.A. 4-87 Eff. Feb. 14, 1987
L.A. 7-97 Eff. May 12, 1997
L.A. 39-05 Eff. Nov. 14, 2005
L.A. 06-10 Eff. Feb. 16, 2010
L.A. 46-12 Eff. Dec. 10, 2012
L.A. 04-14 Eff. Feb. 10, 2014
L.A. 26-14 Eff. Sept. 15, 2014
L.A. 12-16 Eff. May 18, 2016
L.A. 22-20 Eff. Oct. 13, 2020
L.A. 23-20 Eff. O...