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Ballots for the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe have been finalized for the Sept. 23 general election.
The completed absentee ballots arrived on Thursday and were mailed out to tribal members on Friday. Tribal members who receive absentee ballots requested them from the election committee.
There are seven tribal council positions with four up for election this year and three positions up for election in 2008.
The current positions being voted on in September are vice chair, treasurer and two council seats.
There are also two constitutional amendment questions on the ballot this year. These include additions to number 28 and number 29.
Amendment 28 refers to the selling, manufacturing or distributing of illegal drugs or other controlled substances. Number 29 refers to tribal land and water rights. Each question would ad an additional section to the amendment if approved.
The vice chair is currently Len George, who is not running for re-election for the position. The candidates for vice chair are Donna Cossette, a former chair of the council, Rochanne Downs, council member, and Dell Steve.
The treasurer position is currently held by Nevada Iversen, who is not running for re-election. The candidates for treasurer are Rulan Stands and Len George.
The final two positions on the ballot are council members. The candidates for these two seats are Jackie Conway, Herman Dixon, Troy Fillmore, Susan Willie, a former treasurer, and Steve Frank, who is running for re-election.
There are three members running for election who already hold a position. However, only one is running for his current council seat.
Elections are supervised by the election supervisor, Laura Nihoa, tribal secretary, with an election committee of four tribal members, said Nihoa. There will be an election monitor, Claudia Nev from the Walker River Paiute Tribe, monitoring this year's election.
"There is an alternate position on the election committee available and will be filled on Sept. 12," Nihoa said.
Tribal elections are held every two years on the reservation. According to a previous Lahontan Valley News article, the 2004/2005 tribal elections had issues of ballot result challenges, tribal input forums, vandalism of candidate signs and the distribution of a forged editorial defaming four challenging candidates, which were inserted into editions of the LVN on the reservation.
The 2004 election was completed in 2005 once a second election was held in February 2005. This concluded a five-month process after the initial vote results were challenged, according to previous reports.
During the 2004/2005 election, there were more than 300 voters, said Nihoa. There are approximately 1,200 tribal members with 800 eligible voters.
Elections will be held on Sept. 23 at the tribal gym from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Viktoria Pearson can be contacted at vpearson@lahontanvalleynews.com
The completed absentee ballots arrived on Thursday and were mailed out to tribal members on Friday. Tribal members who receive absentee ballots requested them from the election committee.
There are seven tribal council positions with four up for election this year and three positions up for election in 2008.
The current positions being voted on in September are vice chair, treasurer and two council seats.
There are also two constitutional amendment questions on the ballot this year. These include additions to number 28 and number 29.
Amendment 28 refers to the selling, manufacturing or distributing of illegal drugs or other controlled substances. Number 29 refers to tribal land and water rights. Each question would ad an additional section to the amendment if approved.
The vice chair is currently Len George, who is not running for re-election for the position. The candidates for vice chair are Donna Cossette, a former chair of the council, Rochanne Downs, council member, and Dell Steve.
The treasurer position is currently held by Nevada Iversen, who is not running for re-election. The candidates for treasurer are Rulan Stands and Len George.
The final two positions on the ballot are council members. The candidates for these two seats are Jackie Conway, Herman Dixon, Troy Fillmore, Susan Willie, a former treasurer, and Steve Frank, who is running for re-election.
There are three members running for election who already hold a position. However, only one is running for his current council seat.
Elections are supervised by the election supervisor, Laura Nihoa, tribal secretary, with an election committee of four tribal members, said Nihoa. There will be an election monitor, Claudia Nev from the Walker River Paiute Tribe, monitoring this year's election.
"There is an alternate position on the election committee available and will be filled on Sept. 12," Nihoa said.
Tribal elections are held every two years on the reservation. According to a previous Lahontan Valley News article, the 2004/2005 tribal elections had issues of ballot result challenges, tribal input forums, vandalism of candidate signs and the distribution of a forged editorial defaming four challenging candidates, which were inserted into editions of the LVN on the reservation.
The 2004 election was completed in 2005 once a second election was held in February 2005. This concluded a five-month process after the initial vote results were challenged, according to previous reports.
During the 2004/2005 election, there were more than 300 voters, said Nihoa. There are approximately 1,200 tribal members with 800 eligible voters.
Elections will be held on Sept. 23 at the tribal gym from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Viktoria Pearson can be contacted at vpearson@lahontanvalleynews.com
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