Regulations last checked for updates: Dec 18, 2025

Title 25 - Indians last revised: Dec 01, 2025
§ 81.24 - What information must be included on the Secretarial election notice?

The Secretarial election notice must contain all of the following items.

(a) The date of the Secretarial election;

(b) The date which registration forms must be received by the Secretarial Election Board;

(c) A description of the purpose of the Secretarial election;

(d) A description of the statutory and tribal authority under which the Secretarial election is held;

(e) The deadline for filing challenges to the Registered Voters List;

(f) If polling sites are to be used, the date an absentee ballot request must be received by the Secretarial Election Board;

(g) A statement as to whether the Secretarial election is being held entirely by mailout ballot or with polling sites, in accordance with the tribe's governing document's amendment or adoption articles; and

(h) The locations and hours of established polling sites, if any.

authority: : 25 U.S.C. 473a,476,477,as,and
source: 80 FR 63106, Oct. 19, 2015, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 25 CFR 81.24