tribal election

Tribal Court Materials in Comanche Election and Leadership Dispute

Matthew L.M. Fletcher2 Comments

Here:

Judge Lujan’s verbal decision: Excerpt of Transcript of Proceedings 6-22-12

News coverage: News Article

Motion to Dismiss: Reply re Motion to Dismiss in CFR Court Litigation

Materials in the parallel bank suit are here and here.

U.S. Attorney Declines to Prosecute White Mountain Election Fraud Claims

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the report:

US Atty Declination on WMAT Referral

Here is our posting of the independent investigative report.

BMIC Election Results: Kurt Perron To be New Chairman

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the news coverage from Sault Evening News.

Cherokee Nation SCT Rejects Chad Smith Challenge to Election; Does Not Count Freedmen Vote

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the order:

Election Decision for Cherokees

News coverage here.

A list of key documents from the Tulsa World here:

View Principal Chief Chad Smith’s final campaign disclosure report.

View Bill John Baker’s final campaign disclosure report.

Read the final order invalidating the election.

View an order from the Cherokee Nation Supreme Court.

View Principal Chief Chad Smith’s June 15 campaign financial disclosure report.

View Bill John Baker’s June 15 campaign financial disclosure report.

Read Principal Chief Chad Smith’s appeal.

Read Cherokee Election Commission chairman Roger Johnson’s resignation statement.

Read Cherokee Election Commission chairman Roger Johnson’s resignation letter.

 

CNN: Cherokee Election Observers Declare Election Fair

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Bill John Baker Leads Chad Smith (61-39%) with Half of Votes Counted

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the article from WaPo, via Pechanga.

Absentee votes, which account for approximately half of the voting, remain to be counted.

Federal Government and Cherokee Nation Responses to Cherokee Freedmen Motion to Enjoin Principal Chief Election

Matthew L.M. Fletcher3 Comments

Here are the updated materials in Vann v. Salazar (D. D.C.):

USA Response to Vann Motion

Cherokee Nation Response to Vann Motion

The Vann motion is here.

Leech Lake Band 2011 Election Declared Invalid by Tribal Court

Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here is the order:

Leech Lake Election Case

Cherokee Nation Election Dispute

Andrew Adams III2 Comments

Incumbent Chief Chad Smith has filed an appeal with the Cherokee Nation Supreme Court challenging the results of the recently held election, where at different times he has been declared the winner and the loser.

An article in today’s Tulsa World discussing the case can be found here.

Smith’s appeal to the Cherokee Nation Supreme Court can be found here.

Order of the Supreme Court setting the hearing in the case for Friday, July 8 can be found here.

Cheyenne-Arapaho Members Protest Southern Plains Regional BIA Office

Adrea Korthase

The first part of the article from The Republic:

ANADARKO, Okla. — Supporters of a woman who says she is the rightful governor of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes protested Tuesday outside a regional Bureau of Indian Affairs office in Anadarko, urging the agency to quickly resolve a tribal dispute in her favor.

But a BIA deputy regional director told The Associated Press it’s unlikely the power struggle between former political allies Janice Boswell and Leslie Harjo will be settled soon because the matter is tied up in an appeals process. Boswell has remained in office as governor, even while Harjo maintains that’s now her job and seeks recognition by the BIA.

“We hope that maybe some change or understanding will come about to resolve the dispute within the tribe,” said Terry Bruner, the deputy regional director for Indian services for the BIA’s Southern Plains Region.

The March 28th Interior Board of Indian Appeals Order Vacating Decision and Remanding (referenced in the article) can be found here.