2023 ELECTION INFORMATION

Nominations for three Council seats

Deadline for Council nominees to accept or decline nomination

Campaign Letters Due by 5:00 pm at the tribal office

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Tuesday, March 28, 2023 (300 words or less, NO pictures)

APRIL

General Election Information & ballot mailed to ALL registered voters

MAY

Voter Registration Closes

Friday, March 31, 2023

Friday, May 5, 2023

(Youcanstillregisterafterdeadline,butcannotvoteuntilthenextelection)

ELECTION DAY (8:00am - close 3:00pm)

Noballotsacceptedafter3pm

Saturday May 20, 2023

Requirement for Voting

1)You must be enrolled. Enrolled means being accepted by the Enrollment Committee, approved by an action of Tribal Council and placed on the Membership List.

2)You must be 18 years of age by the voter registration deadline. You can still register after the registration deadline but you will not be able to vote until the next election.

3)To register to vote, fill out a request for Affidavit of Registration and return it to the Voter Registrar. You only need to register once.

4)To be nominated you must live in the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation 5 county service area (Del Norte, Humboldt, Coos, Curry, Josephine).

5)You must be 18 years old to nominate a candidate and 21 years old to serve on Tribal Council.

Written Nominations for Tribal Council will be accepted until 5pm on Friday March 17, 2023 and read out loud during the General Membership Meeting, nominations for Tribal Council period.

YoursignatureontheofficialballotisVERIFIEDwithyoursignatureonfilewiththerecordsdepartment. Werequirean updatedsignatureeverythreeyears.Ifyoursignatureonyourabsenteeballotdoesn’tmatchwhatisonfile, theElectionBoardcanmakethedecisiontovoidtheballot.

The Voter Registration form is available at the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation Tribal Office and on the Website for new voters. Mail,faxoremailthe form back to:

Attention Election Board, 12801 Mouth of Smith River Road, Smith River CA 95567

Official Ballot return envelopes will be addressed to a P.O. Box at Smith River Post Office for security purposes.

Indigenous Dialogues for Territorial Protection

Huslia Tribe (AK), Quapaw Nation (OK), Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (MI), Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation (CA) and the Pueblo of Laguna (NM). Our very own Marine Division Manager, Rosa Laucci, was one of five representatives selected by NAFWS to participate in this historical event. Among Brazil’s representre the Timbira peoples (Krahô, Apinayé, Krikati, Gavião Pyhcop Catiji, Apanjekrá -