Tribal elections clarified
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PABLO — The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal election is Saturday, Oct. 17. Twenty-six candidates are running for five seats during the primary election.
The voting districts open during this election include Dixon, Hot Springs, Pablo, St. Ignatius and Arlee. Voters can cast a single vote in each of the five races.
In the primary election, “the two candidates receiving the most votes in each voting district, where a council position is up for election, shall be eligible to run in the general election,” which is stated in the Election Rules and Regulations provided by the CSKT. Those rules can be accessed at the www.cskt.org under government.
If a tie occurs during the primary election, the policy states that those two candidates are eligible to run in the general election. A runoff election is not necessary.
Unofficial primary election results won’t be ready until Monday, Oct. 19, due to a planned power outage. The general election is on Saturday, Dec. 12.
