Committee: Rules Author: R.Osburn/D. Hammons
Date: 6-19-06 Committee Date: 6-29-06 Sponsor: Meredith Frailey
An Act
Legislative Act 14-06
A LEGISLATIVE ACT RELATED TO TITLE 26 "ELECTIONS", AS AMENDED BY
LA#39-05; AMENDING PROVISIONS FOR IN PERSON ABSENTEE VOTING
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION: Section 1. Title:
This act shall be known as the "Election Code Amendment Act of 2006" and codified as Title 26 Sections 62(D), 73(B) of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated.
Section 2. Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to amend how the absentee ballets are handled. Section 3. Legislative History
Title 26, "Elections", of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated as amended by Legislative Act
39-05.
Section 4. Definitions
None.
Section 5. Amendment
Legislative Act 39-05 is hereby amended as follows: 62(D) In person absentee voting:
Any voter may vote by an in-person absentee ballot at the Election Commission Office located at Tahlequah Oklahoma from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, immediately preceding any election provided for by this Act. As part of the application for an person absentee ballot such voter shall swear or affirm that he or she has not voted a regular mail absentee ballot and that he or she will not vote at the regular polling place in the election for which the in-person absentee ballot is requested. Any voter who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a crime.
The Election Commission shall develop rules and procedures to carry out the requirements of this section.
73(B)
Runoff. In the event of a runoff, the Election Services Office shall automatically send an absentee ballot to all registered voters who were sent an absentee ballot for the primary election, except for registered voters whose absentee ballots in the primary were returned unopened due to bad addresses. Absentee ballot requests for a runoff election by persons who did not vote by absentee ballot in the general election must be ...
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