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A LEGISLATIVE ACT REVISING SECTION 5, AMENDING REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS, OF TITLE 26 ("ELECTIONS") OF THE CHEROKEE NATION CODE ANNOTATED (9 Districts)
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:
Section 1. Title and Codification
This act shall be known as the “Nine District Council Act of 2010” and codified under Title 26 Section 5 of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated (CNCA).
Section 2. Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to establish nine (9) representative districts within the jurisdictional boundaries of the Cherokee Nation.
Section 3. Legislative History
Section 4. Definitions
Representative Districts: means the geographical area within the Cherokee Nation Jurisdictional Boundaries that have a reasonably equal apportionment of citizen population.
Section 5. Representation by District.
A. District Boundaries. There shall be established nine (9) representative districts within the jurisdictional boundaries of the Cherokee Nation. These districts include only that portion of any existing county which lies within the jurisdictional boundary of the Cherokee Nation and is established as follows:
District 1: Cherokee (Cherokee County)
District 2: Trial of Tears (Adair County)
District 3: Sequoyah (Sequoyah county
District 4: Three Rivers (McIntosh, Muskogee & Wagoner Counties)
District 5: Delaware (Delaware & Ottawa Counties)
District 6: Mayes (Mayes County)
District 7: Will Rogers (Rogers County)
District 8: Keeler (Tulsa and Washington Counties)
District 9: Craig (Craig and Nowata Counties)
B. Number of Representatives for Each District. The number of representatives from each district will be determined by apportionment as defined in the following paragraph.
C. Apportionment. Apportionment of representation having been first conducted in 1990, shall be conducted every twelve years thereafter, and shall be concluded no later than June 30 of the year preceding a regular election year. Said apportionment sh...
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