Section 5. Nominations.

Section 5. Nominations.

Section 5.
Nominations. For all elections of Tribal Council Members the Election Board shall conduct a nomination meeting of eligible voters to nominate tribal members as candidates for Tribal Council seats. The Election Board may schedule the nomination meeting before the day scheduled for the election, or on the day of the election, Provided, That the Election Board shall mail to all eligible tribal voters advance notice of both the date of the nomination meeting and the date of the election at least thirty (30) days prior to the nomination meeting. At the nomination meeting, all eligible voters, as defined in Section 7 of this Article, may submit nominations for any vacant seat. A person may not be nominated as a candidate for more than one seat.

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