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BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:
SECTION ONE. TITLE 26 OF THE CHEROKEE NATION CODE ANNOTATED, ENTITLED
"ELECTIONS" IS HEREBY REVISED IN IT'S ENTIRETY AND IS HEREBY ENACTED
AS
FOLLOWS:
CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions
CHAPTER 2 - Supervisory Bodies and Election
Services Office
CHAPTER 3 - Qualifications and Registration
of Voters
CHAPTER 4 - Qualifications of and Filing
by Candidates
CHAPTER 5 - Disclosure of Campaign Finances
CHAPTER 6 - Conduct of Elections
SECTION TWO. SEVEVERABILITY. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT ARE SEVERABLE
AND IF ANY PART OR PROVISION HEREOF SHALL BE HELD VOID.
THE DECISION OF 'THE COURT SO HOLDING SHALL NOT AFFECTS OR IMPAIR ANY
OF
THE REMAINING PARTS OR PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT.
SECTION THREE. IT BEING, IMMEDIATELY NECESSARY FOR THE WELFARE
OF THE
CHEROKEE NATION, THE COUNCIL HEREBY DECLARES THAT AN EMERGENCY EXISTS,
BY REASON WHEREOF THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AFTER
IT'S PASSAGE AND APPROVAL.
Enacted by the Council of the Cherokee Nation on the 12TH day of MAY, 1997.
Signed: J. Garland
Eagle
Garland Eagle,
President
Cherokee Nation Council
ATTEST:
Signed: Mary Flute Cooksey
Mary Cooksey, Secretary
Cherokee Nation Council
Approved and signed by the Principal Chief this 12TH day of MAY, 1997.
Signed: Joe Byrd
Joe Byrd, Principal
Chief
Cherokee Nation
ATTEST:
Signed: Jennie Battles
Jennie Battles, Secretary-Treasurer
Cherokee Nation
YEAS AND NAYS AS RECORDED
Troy Poteete
YEA
Dora Mae Watie YEA
Sam Ed Bush
YEA
Nick Lay NAY
Mary Cooksey
YEA
Bill Baker YEA
Harold DeMoss YEA
Don Crittenden YEA
Paula Holder YEA
Charles “Chuck” Hoskin NAY
Barbara Conness YEA
Harold “Jiggs” Phillips YEA
William Smoke YEA
Harley L. Terrell YEA
Barbara Starr-Scott
YEA